INTCOMM Chapter 10 Quiz

The balance between the need for privacy or personal space and the need for relatedness describes which issue?

Autonomy-connection

A biracial individual who distances himself or herself from both parents' cultural backgrounds is practicing which identity form?

Disaffiliate

When an interracial couple reaches the relationship maintenance stage, their challenges and rewards are similar to those of other couples.

False

According to the similarity-attraction hypothesis, given a greater perception of similarity between two individuals from different cultures, what is likely to happen?

Greater likelihood of interpersonal attraction

A collectivistic relationship orientation includes which of the following?

High-context emotional expressions

At which stage of the four stages of "racial awareness and awakening" does an interracial couple announce their relationship to ingroups?

Identity emergence

Jon has decided that he should continue his dating relationship with his racially different partner because his feelings and experiences indicate that this is what he should do. Jon is practicing what kind of commitment?

Personal

An individual who decides to continue a dissatisfying marriage rather than face negative family or societal reactions is practicing which kind of commitment?

Structural

Sonya lives in the United States and has a white father and a Filipina mother. She feels comfortable with synchronizing the patterns and traditions of both the typical U.S. culture and the Filipino culture. Which identity form is Sonya practicing?

Synthesizer

Despite differences between individualists and collectivists, all cultures tend to endorse dependability and kindness among the top-ranked mate-selection criteria.

True

One of the rewards reported by intercultural couples is the stronger, deeper relationship that results from weathering prejudice.

True

An individualistic relationship orientation includes which of the following?

Voluntary personal commitment

Vivian decides to break off her relationship with Rory by showing nonverbal disinterest and indirectly hinting at the problems in the relationship. This indirectness is typical of ___________ cultures.

collectivist

In traditional collectivistic cultures, when it comes to love, __________ is valued more than ______________.

companionate love; passionate love

Ty does not tell others that his family emigrated from Slovakia. Ty is keeping this information in which panel of the Johari window?

hidden

In ___________ cultures, most individuals typically "fall in love" first and then either get married or move on to another dating partner.

individualistic

Sam posted a profile on an online dating site and has begun emailing someone who indicated interest in him. Sam has not had a face-to-face meeting yet. Which phase of online dating is Sam in?

interaction

According to the Johari Window, our _____ self involves facets of ourselves that are easily shared with others, whereas our _____ self involves facets of ourselves not usually shared with others.

public; private

The Johari window contains a panel that includes information that is not known to oneself or to other people. This panel is labeled ___________.

unknown