When we feel disconfirmed and on guard with someone...
What is defensive climate?
100
A matter of clearly and nonjudgementally stating what you feel, need or want
What is assertion?
100
The overall feeling or emotional mood between people.
What is communication climate?
100
Don't be afraid to use common expressions such as "see you later" to someone with a visual impairment. They are unlikely to be offended and may even find irony and turn it into a joke. True or false?
What is True?
200
What we put into relationships that we could not retrieve if the relationship were to end.
What is an investment?
200
When we feel supported and confirmed and communicate freely with someone...
What is supportive climate?
200
This begins with acknowledging others and accepting the validity of their needs and preferences
What is confirmation?
200
The strongest level of confirmation?
What is endorsement?
200
In this type of relationship, a person with greater experience helps someone with less experience. According to Michael Hecht and Jennifer Warren, communicating equality is especially important in:
What are mentoring relationships?
300
One of the 4 methods for negotiating dialectical tensions.
What are neutralization, selection, separation, or reframing?
300
You don't look up when you see a peer walking in the hallway. This is an example of...
What is disconfirmation?
300
-Actively using communication to build confirming climates
-Accepting and confirming others
-Affirming and asserting yourself
-Respecting diversity in relationships
-Responding constructively to criticism
What are the 5 guidelines for creating and sustaining healthy climates?
300
"I would like to understand more about how you feel" is an example of...
What is assertiveness?
300
Research indicates that women and men generally place equal value on closeness, but they tend to differ somewhat in how they create and express it. Researchers trace these differences to:
What is Childhood play?
400
Revelation of personal information about ourselves that people are unlikely to discover in other ways.
What is self-disclosure?
400
Recognizing that another person exists is an example of...
What is confirmation?
400
Seeking more information and considering it thoughtfully are ways of responding this way.
What is responding constructively to criticism?
400
"It's fine with me to go to a movie if you want to" is an example of...
What is deferential communication?
400
Women tend to favor dialogue (sharing personal disclosures and intimate communication) as a path to intimacy. This is called:
What is Closeness in dialogue?
500
The relational dialectic that involves tension between the desire to be independent and to be connected to others.
What is autonomy/connection?
500
"Would you do something for me if I told you it really mattered?" is an example of...
What is strategy?
500
"I don't care what you want!" is an example of this kind of behavior.
What is aggresive?
500
"You seem to be sleeping more lately" is an example of...
What is descriptive communication?
500
Mary Lund (1985) studied heterosexual college seniors. To measure commitment, Lund asked them to make a rating of the strength of their intention to stay in the relationship. She found that:
What is The continuation of relationships depended more on commitment than on love?