Exam 4: Communication

Review the prevalence of and reasons for keeping secrets in relationships.

Regarding forgiveness, your text emphasizes that:

Compare win-win, win-lose, and lose-lose relationships and note the frequency of college student involvement in each.

Which individual is more likely to keep a secret?

When men talk to women, they tend to focus on all of the following except:

Reflective listening involves which of the following?

Connie wanted her husband Phil to take a second job so they could save for a new car. When Phil found a second job, Connie complained that Phil was not spending enough time with the family. The conflict that resulted best illustrates which of the following sources of conflict?

College students are notorious for staying in lose-lose relationships.

For Jose to forgive Maria for cheating, he might focus on:

A message is congruent when:

If Maria wants Jose to forgive her for having an affair, what behavior will most elicit his forgiveness?

Which of the following is not part of the symbolic interactionist view of communication?

The number of previous sex partners is the most frequent lie told by students to new partners.

All of the following are ways of exercising power in a relationship except:

Mary is miserable in her marriage to an abusive alcoholic but says her parents and children are better off if she stays married. What defense mechanism is operative?

Spouses tend to turn the other cheek in communicating-if one yells, the other is quiet.

A wife who folds her hands and rolls her eyes is using what form of communication?

Khalsa (2006) noted that reporting HIV infection is ____ in most states.

Explain how chronic problems are associated with mental health.

Which of the following is not a type of lie identified by Ennis et al. (2008)?