Question 1 Brad doesn't stop by to see Angelina for a couple of days to see how she will respond. This most likely took place in the _______________ stage of the relationship.
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a. contact
b. bonding
c. involvement
d. intimacy
Question 2 According to research, how long does it take us to decide if we want to pursue a relationship?
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a. 4 days
b. 10 minutes
c. 1 day
d. 4 minutes
Question 3 Justin and Jessica announced their engagement at a party on a Friday night. They are in the ______________ stage of the relationship.
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a. intimacy-interpersonal commitment
b. involvement-intensification
c. intensifying-testing
d. intimacy-social bonding
Question 4 The degree of personalness to which you pursue topics is known as
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a. relational dialectics theory.
b. depth.
c. breadth.
d. social penetration theory.
Question 5 Sari is a huge fan of comedian and actor Chris Rock. She follows him on Twitter and Facebook, watches all his movies and has even written him letters. Sari has a(n) ______________ relationship with him.
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a. friendship
b. parasocial
c. acquaintance
d. pseudo-intimate
Question 6 When a relationship deteriorates, the breadth and depth often reverse themselves, a process known as _____________________
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a. relationship deterioration.
b. depenetration.
c. dissolution.
d. intrapersonal dissatisfaction.
Question 7 Barbie and Ken have been acting awkwardly around each other lately. They've both noticed a lot more conflict and they haven't been spending as much time together like they used to. Barbie and Ken are in the ______________ stage.
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a. deterioration
b. disintegration
c. dissolution
d. avoidance
Question 8 In the ____________ stage of relationships, you begin to share each other's social networks.
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a. involvement
b. intimacy
c. contact
d. repair
Question 9 The number of topics about which individuals communicate is
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a. social penetration.
b. width.
c. breadth.
d. depth.
Question 10 The first stage of deterioration is
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a. interpersonal dissatisfaction.
b. intrapersonal dissatisfaction.
c. communication depenetration.
d. interpersonal deterioration.
Question 11 A theory concerned with relationship development from the superficial to the intimate levels and from few to many areas of interpersonal interaction is
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a. social penetration.
b. relational bonding maxim.
c. relational dialectics theory.
d. interpersonal bonding.
Question 12 In ____________ stage, ex-partners begin to look upon themselves as individuals rather than halves of the pair.
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a. interpersonal dissatisfaction
b. dissolution
c. deterioration
d. testing
Question 13 An analysis of the costs and rewards in a relationship take place in the ___________ theory of relationships.
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a. attraction
b. rules
c. social exchange
d. social penetration
Question 14____________ theory claims that you develop and maintain relationships in which the ratio of your rewards relative to the costs is approximately equal to your partner's.
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a. Social exchange
b. Attraction
c. Social penetration
d. Equity
Question 15Which of the following is NOT an example of a cost in a relationship?
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a. paying for dinner
b. listening to a typoe of music which you strongly dislike
c. giving up time with friends
d. all of the above could be considered costs