SPC 1017 CH. 6 & 7 Final

Bargaining is when two parties attempt to reach an agreement about what each should give and receive in a transaction between them. True or False?

False

Conflict is always detrimental to relationships True or False?

False

In the Johari window, the hidden area includes information that you know but others do not know. True or False?

False

In relationships formalized patterns of actions or words that are followed regularly and are indicators of relational uniqueness are called

rituals

What types of cultures are most likely to tolerate ambiguity, uncertainty, and diversity?

uncertainty-accepting cultures

A co-culture is a group that exists within a larger, dominant culture but differs from the dominant culture in some significant characteristic. True or False?

True

A person who believes that their culture is superior to all other groups or cultures is engaging in ethnocentrism. True or False?

True

As we become closer to another person, we are more likely to reveal negative information about ourselves. True or False?

True

Disclosure generally increases as relational intimacy increases. True or False?

True

If someone likes to have lots of rules for behavior and doesn't like outsiders, he or she is most likely from an uncertainty-rejecting culture. True or False?

True

Individualistic cultures are societies that value individual freedom, choice, uniqueness, and independence. True or False?

True

Interpersonal communication includes dyadic (two-person) and small-group communication. True or False?

True

One reason for the importance of studying intercultural communication is our increasing exposure to people of other cultures and co-cultures. True or False?

True

If someone in a marginalized group tries to fit in with the dominant group, he or she is striving for what goal of co-cultural communication.

assimilation

____________ is where you have a negative attitude toward a group of people just because of who they are.

Prejudice

____________ is where you assume that all members group are alike.

Profiling

A relationship in which the two people are very similar is called

a symmetrical relationship

He is good at writing and understanding literature; she is a whiz at math and statistics; together they make a great pair. The concept of friendship illustrated here is

complementary.

According to William Schultz, three interpersonal needs that are satisfied through interaction with others are

inclusion, affection, and control

Which association below is not part of the textbook definition of interpersonal relationships?

one between two or more people who have interacted for some period of time