Exam 8: Communication Climate: the Foundation of Personal Relationships

Most people feel defensive when others communicate in neutral ways that suggest the others are distanced and uninvolved with them.

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Question 41

Identify the following: -Relational dialectics

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Question 42

Assertiveness and affirming oneself involves the same kinds of communication across all cultures.

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Question 43

The strategy doesn't evaluate others or what they think and feel.

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Question 44

Tabitha and her partner respond to their tension by deciding to spend part of the weekend together and part of it engaged in separate activities. This response to relational dialectics is called:

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 45

Identify the following: -Endorsement

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Question 46

When you talk with people who use a wheelchair or crutches, try to position yourself at their eye level and in front of them to allow good eye contact.

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Question 47

This communication confirms the worth of others and our concern for them. An examples is "I can understand why you feel that way."

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Question 48

According to relationships counselors, the most central and continuous tension in the majority of close relationships arises from which of the following dialectical tensions?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 49

Communication climate is the overall feeling or emotional mood between peopleF-warm or cold, safe or anxious, comfortable or awkward, accepting or rejecting, open or guarded-that is shaped by verbal and nonverbal interaction between people.

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Question 50

Ethnocentrism is one form of ____ communication.

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Question 51

This communicates openness to other points of view. We suggest that our minds aren't sealed.

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Question 52

When we disagree with someone, we disconfirm her or him.

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Question 53

The counterpoint to neutrality is ____.

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Question 54

Closeness in the doing is best illustrated by which of the following interactions between two friends?

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Question 55

Chris says he loves Betsy, but he's not sure they have a future together. Chris's feelings toward Betsy indicate he:

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Question 56

Westerners often disclose personal information to casual friends and acquaintances, whereas Japanese tend to disclose only to very close friends.

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Question 57

Identify the following: -Self-disclosure

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Question 58

The most basic form of confirmation in interpersonal communication is:

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Question 59

Co-workers might be very closed about all topics. This is an example of ____ when negotiating with dialectical tensions.

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Most people feel defensive when others communicate in neutral ways that suggest the others are distanced and uninvolved with them.

Identify the following: -Relational dialectics

Assertiveness and affirming oneself involves the same kinds of communication across all cultures.

The strategy doesn't evaluate others or what they think and feel.

Tabitha and her partner respond to their tension by deciding to spend part of the weekend together and part of it engaged in separate activities. This response to relational dialectics is called:

Identify the following: -Endorsement

When you talk with people who use a wheelchair or crutches, try to position yourself at their eye level and in front of them to allow good eye contact.

This communication confirms the worth of others and our concern for them. An examples is "I can understand why you feel that way."

According to relationships counselors, the most central and continuous tension in the majority of close relationships arises from which of the following dialectical tensions?

Communication climate is the overall feeling or emotional mood between peopleF-warm or cold, safe or anxious, comfortable or awkward, accepting or rejecting, open or guarded-that is shaped by verbal and nonverbal interaction between people.

Ethnocentrism is one form of ____ communication.

This communicates openness to other points of view. We suggest that our minds aren't sealed.

When we disagree with someone, we disconfirm her or him.

The counterpoint to neutrality is ____.

Closeness in the doing is best illustrated by which of the following interactions between two friends?

Chris says he loves Betsy, but he's not sure they have a future together. Chris's feelings toward Betsy indicate he:

Westerners often disclose personal information to casual friends and acquaintances, whereas Japanese tend to disclose only to very close friends.

Identify the following: -Self-disclosure

The most basic form of confirmation in interpersonal communication is:

Co-workers might be very closed about all topics. This is an example of ____ when negotiating with dialectical tensions.

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