Interpersonal Communication Exam Solutions
Course Introduction
Interpersonal Communication explores the principles and practices involved in effective communication between individuals in various contexts, including personal relationships, workplace settings, and social interactions. The course examines key concepts such as perception, verbal and nonverbal messages, listening, conflict resolution, and cultural differences, emphasizing the development of skills necessary for building and maintaining meaningful connections. Through interactive activities, discussions, and case studies, students will gain insight into their own communication styles and learn strategies to enhance their interpersonal competence and resolve common communication challenges.
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Intimate Relationships 7th Edition by Rowland Miller
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Chapter 1: The Building Blocks of Relationships
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Q1) Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Americans in the 1960s?
A) Most children were born to parents married to each other.
B) Men and women married in their early 20s.
C) One third of men and women cohabitated before marriage.
D) Most women did not work outside the home.
Answer: C
Q2) Divorce rates among people with college degrees are:
A) rapidly increasing.
B) slowly increasing.
C) slowly decreasing.
D) rapidly decreasing.
Answer: C
Q3) Researchers have found that traditionally masculine men and traditionally feminine women:
A) like each other less than androgynous people do.
B) like each other more than androgynous people do.
C) are more compatible than any other pairing.
D) are happier in their marriages than non-traditional couples.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Research Methods
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Q1) As the outdoor temperature increases,the sales of ice cream also increase.Temperature and ice cream sales:
A) are negatively correlated.
B) are positively correlated.
C) are not correlated.
D) definitely have a causal connection.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is the BEST description of what we mean when we say something is statistically significant?
A) The findings are important.
B) It is unlikely the results were simply due to chance.
C) The results will be significant for society.
D) The findings are true.
Answer: B
Q3) Which type of study is most vulnerable to reactivity?
A) Archival
B) Questionnaire
C) Meta-analysis
D) Observational
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Attraction
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Q1) Economic prosperity influences judgments of beauty as related to:
A) facial structure.
B) health.
C) weight.
D) height.
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is TRUE about our conceptions of beauty?
A) Young children have no conception of beauty: they respond to "beautiful" and "unattractive" faces similarly.
B) There is no consensus of beauty across ethnic groups; Asians, Hispanics, and African Americans disagree about what is beautiful.
C) In women, feminine and youthful features are commonly viewed as beautiful, across cultures and ethnic groups.
D) Computer "averages" of a number of faces are more unattractive than any single face that makes up the composite.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Social Cognition
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Q1) The set of abilities that describe a person's talents in perceiving,using,understanding,and managing emotions is:
A) emotional valence.
B) emotional intelligence.
C) self-monitoring.
D) self-understanding.
Q2) Researchers have found a marriage shift where:
A) self-verification motives become more important.
B) self-enhancement motives become more important.
C) self-fulfillment motives become more important.
D) self-monitoring motives become more important.
Q3) Alan is sure to tell his boss about every new client he gets for their firm,and he is sure to pass along any compliments he gets from those clients.Which impression strategy is Alan using?
A) Ingratiation
B) Self-promotion
C) Intimidation
D) Supplication
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Chapter 5: Communication
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Q1) In a conversation between friends we would expect:
A) more gazing while listening than while talking.
B) more gazing while talking than while listening.
C) an equal amount of gazing while talking and listening.
D) gazing to vary depending on whether the partner is male or female.
Q2) When Terri gets angry with her husband for not helping with the housework,she reacts by calling him lazy and useless rather than expressing her need for help around the house.This is an example of:
A) stonewalling.
B) defensiveness.
C) criticism.
D) kitchen-sinking.
Q3) According to the social penetration theory,as relationships develop,the _____,or variety,of topics discussed between partners _____.
A) breadth; decreases
B) breadth; increases
C) depth; decreases
D) depth; increases
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Chapter 6: Interdependency
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Q1) Andrew feels like he has many different options in dating partners besides his current partner.It seems that Andrew feels:
A) his comparison level for alternatives is high.
B) his comparison level for alternatives is low.
C) his comparison level is nonexistent.
D) his comparison level is low.
Q2) Both Aletha and her partner are getting equal amounts from their relationship.Aletha feels she is putting more into the relationship.According to equity theorists,Aletha is likely to feel:
A) dissatisfied because if she is contributing more she should also be getting more out of the relationship.
B) satisfied because both she and her partner are getting equal amounts out of the relationship.
C) dissatisfied because the more one puts in the more dissatisfied that person is with the relationship.
D) satisfied because she knows she is doing all she can for the relationship.
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Chapter 7: Friendship
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Q1) In the last 30 years,the number of people who say they have no close confidant has _____ and the average number of intimate partners has _____.
A) increased; decreased
B) increased; increased
C) decreased; decreased
D) decreased; increased
Q2) A common cause of friendship failure is:
A) having friends who are too similar to us.
B) failure to follow the rules of friendship.
C) one friend makes more money than the other.
D) entering into a romantic relationship with a friend.
Q3) Loneliness has:
A) very little effect on our physical health.
B) noticeable effects on our physical health.
C) an effect on the way we think about our health, but no real effect on our health.
D) strong effects on the health of those temporarily lonely, but little effect on the chronically lonely.
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Chapter 8: Love
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Q1) People with an anxious attachment style:
A) tend to get angry when called upon to console a needy partner.
B) are willing to offer care to their partners, but primarily to gain approval.
C) engage in caregiving for altruistic reasons.
D) often become fearful when asked to care for their partner.
Q2) Lexi and Caleb have a deep passion for one another,and after a whirlwind courtship they got married.They don't know each other very well.Lexi and Caleb are experiencing:
A) fatuous love.
B) infatuated love.
C) empty love.
D) romantic love.
Q3) Preoccupied individuals are characterized as being:
A) low in anxiety over abandonment.
B) high in anxiety over abandonment.
C) distant and detached.
D) extremely committed to their partners.
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Chapter 9: Sexuality
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Q1) Alexa and her husband Rich have been having sex a lot more often lately because they want to have a baby.This is a(n)_____ motivation.
A) emotional
B) physical
C) insecure
D) pragmatic
Q2) Which gender is more likely to perceive sexual interest is present when it is not?
A) Women
B) Men
C) Neither; men and women are equally likely to perceive sexual interest
D) We don't know; the research has not been conclusive
Q3) As suggested by self-determination theory,sex is more satisfying to both members of the couple if it fulfils the needs of:
A) autonomy, competence, and relatedness.
B) autonomy, submission, and nurturance.
C) authority, competence, and nurturance.
D) authority, submission, and relatedness.
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Chapter 10: Stresses and Strains
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Q1) To cope with their feelings of jealousy,women sometimes try to induce jealousy in their partners.A primary danger in this strategy is that:
A) it can create anger in the partner that may erupt into acting aggressively toward the rival.
B) it may drive the partner away.
C) the woman may become more attracted to her new interest than to her original partner.
D) None of these; this strategy usually works.
Q2) In forced choice questions,women report they would react more to the threat of _____ infidelity and men report they would react more to the threat of ______ infidelity.
A) sexual; emotional
B) sexual; social
C) emotional; sexual
D) social; emotional
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Chapter 11: Conflict
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Q1) What is a noticeable tendency among couples with regard to conflict style?
A) Most couples change conflict styles often, fighting constructively one month and more destructively the next.
B) Most couples can't be categorized as using one conflict style.
C) Although change is possible, couples tend to maintain the same conflict style.
D) Couples maintain conflict styles, never changing.
Q2) _____ is an example of an indirect tactic.
A) An accusation
B) A hostile command
C) Sarcasm
D) Condescension
Q3) When both partners in a conflict achieve their original aspirations and goals,although they may make concessions on exactly how their objectives are reached,they have achieved:
A) a compromise.
B) domination.
C) an integrative agreement.
D) separation.
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Chapter 12: Power and Violence
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Q1) When Melissa's leg was broken,her husband Jack drove her to work every day.Jack was influenced by the norm of:
A) equity.
B) reciprocity.
C) social responsibility.
D) obedience.
Q2) From an interdependency perspective,power is based on:
A) control of valuable resources.
B) control of access to valuable resources.
C) partner's value of a particular resource.
D) All of these.
Q3) According to research by Falbo and Peplau,indirect and unilateral styles of power are most likely to be used by: A) lesbians.
B) gay men.
C) heterosexual women.
D) heterosexual men.
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Chapter 13: The Dissolution and Loss of Relationships
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Q1) Researchers have found that separation rates for spouses is _____ than it is for gay and lesbian couples and _____.
A) higher; for cohabitating heterosexual couples separation is higher
B) lower; gay and lesbian couples with civil unions have similar separation rates to married heterosexual couples
C) lower; gay and lesbian couples with civil unions show even greater separation rates than married heterosexual couples
D) higher; cohabitating couples fall in between these two groups
Q2) Which of the following is true of children of divorce?
A) They are less likely to get divorced themselves.
B) They are more likely to divorce when they become adults.
C) They have more favorable views of marriage.
D) They have higher quality marriages.
Q3) Many Americans ask more of their spouses than ever before because:
A) Americans are less connected to their communities than past generations.
B) more and more women stay at home and rely heavily on their husbands' support.
C) of the collective nature of Western societies.
D) of the prevalent negative perceptions of divorce.
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Chapter 14: Maintaining and Repairing Relationships
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Q1) When Crystal's husband comes home from work and snaps at her over some trivial issue,she understands that he's probably had a stressful day and resists the urge to snap back.In this scenario,Crystal practices:
A) the Michelangelo phenomenon.
B) prayer.
C) accommodation.
D) willingness to sacrifice.
Q2) The text emphasizes the concept of relationship maintenance mechanisms as:
A) a relationship stage.
B) actions taken to sustain a relationship.
C) the positive side of relationships (trust, commitment, satisfaction, stability, etc.).
D) a way of fostering the gradually increasing quality of relationships.
Q3) Relationship maintenance mechanisms have been studied in two basic ways:
A) investment and communication.
B) attachment and contentment.
C) commitment and intimacy.
D) credits and debits.
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