Exam 3: Family Communication, Conflict, and Forgiveness

Self-disclosure is voluntarily sharing things with someone else that are ________.

In an attempt to share meanings, each culture uses ________, or codes. Some of these are universal behaviors, such as the kiss, which represents affection, love, or a greeting.

Professors and researchers of communication studies, Lynn Turner and Richard West summarize the general concepts of communication into four headings. Which one focuses on the verbal and non-verbal codes which give meaning or definition?

What are "confirming messages/responses"? What characterizes them?

According to Gottman, there are four ways in which nonregulated couples handle conflict. He characterized these as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. What are they?