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Question 31

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"The ability to alter behavior in order to adapt to new situations and to relate in new ways when necessary" is a definition of

A) androgyny.
B) behavioral flexibility.
C) passages.
D) complementary relationships.

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Question 32

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The concept that suggests that your roommate is more likely to become your friend than a person ten blocks away is known as

A) proximity.
B) similarity.
C) collaboration.
D) familiarity.

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Communication privacy management explains how people determine what rules and boundaries govern what they will and will not disclose.

Provide an example of how compliance-gaining might be used in an interpersonal conversation.

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

The dialectical theory of Baxter and colleagues describes the maintenance stage of relationships as a plateau.

Initially in a relationship we are more interested in a person's attractiveness, but later we are more interested in their empathy, care, and concern.

In which stage of how friends develop do people determine that they have mutual interests or other common ground?

Which relational dialectic involves tensions surrounding the need for consistency in a relationship as well as "newness and novelty"?

Which of the following is NOT one of the three stages in interpersonal relationships?

Discuss why it may be a mistake to only consider the positive aspects of interpersonal communication and personal relationships.

Behavior flexibility is important because people are in constant flux.

Discuss three motivations, as explained in the textbook, that people have for terminating relationships.

Identify and explain at least two examples of relationship dialectics.

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

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

Explain how relationships deteriorate.

Developing rituals together occurs as people maintain their relationships.

Which of the following is a good example of a complementary relationship?

Explain what compliance resisting is and provide an example from one of your interpersonal relationships.