Reference no: EM132298188
1. This is an ever-changing system of perspectives that is formed and sustained in communication with others and ourselves:
The circulation system
The "Id"
The "Ego"
The "Self"
2. Patterns of care-giving that teach us how to view ourselves and personal relationships are called:
Attachment styles
Reflected appraisals
Social comparison
Life scripts
3. These are people who are extreme downers; they attack our self-concepts:
Vampires
Meanies
Haters
Vultures
4. Expectations or judgments of ourselves that we bring about through our own actions are known as:
Reflected appraisals
Cyberbullying
Attachment styles
Self-fulfilling prophecies
5. Communication that explicitly tell us who we are by labeling us and our behaviors is called:
Reflected appraisal
Self-disclosure
Self-sabotage
Direct definition
6. Rating ourselves relative to others with respect to our talents, abilities, qualities, etc., is called:
Self knowledge
Social comparison
Self-assessment
Reflected appraisal
7. The process of seeing ourselves through the eyes of others is known as:
Direct definition
Reflected appraisal
Social comparison
Self-reflection
8. Rules for living and identity which define our roles, and how we are to play them are known as:
Life scripts
Social comparison
Generalized others
Self-disclosure
9. A concept that asserts that people are motivated to use communication to reduce social ambiguity
Uncertainty reduction theory
Self-reflection
Self disclosure
Cognitive dissonance
10. Self-talk that lowers our self-confidence and belief in ourselves is called:
Self consciousness
Self abuse
Self-sabotage
Self doubt
11. The revelation of personal information about ourselves that others are unlikely to learn on their own is known as:
Self confession
Self-disclosure
Self consciousness
Self abuse
12. This is a perspective as seen through one’s society as a whole:
Attachment style
Reflective society
The "Self"
Generalized other
13. Digital mediated communication sent via email or Facebook meant to hurt another person is called:
Flaming
Cyberbulling
Basting
Blasting
14. A dialectic that reflects the tension between the desire for familiar routines and the desire for something new is known as:
Reframing
Equity Theory
Psychological responsibility
Novelty/predictability
15. An event that moves a relationship toward or away from intimacy is known as:
Turning point
Personal revelation
Conflict
Raging
16. A complex strategy that redefines contradictory needs as not really in opposition is called:
Revamping
Commitment
Reframing
Perspective taking
17. A comfortable, “best friends” kind of love that grows gradually into a stable relationship is known as:
Passionate
Agape
Storge
Casual
18. A concept asserting that people are happier and more satisfied in an equitable relationship is called:
Relationship climate prediction
Equity theory
Relational dianetics
Uncertainty reduction theory
19. Selfless love in which a beloved’s happiness is more important that one’s own is known as:
Ludus
Storge
Passionate
Agape
20. What we put into a relationship that we couldn’t retrieve if the relationship ended is known as:
Commitment
Elopement
Relationshipment
Investment
21. Remembering, planning, and coordinating domestic activities is known as:
Psychological responsibility
Psychosomatic institutionalism
Physiological responsibility
Personal assistantship
22. The decision to remain with a relationship is known to communication scholars as:
Relationship dialectics
Commitment
Emotional constipation
Contentment
23. Opposing and continuous tensions that are normal in all close relationships are known as:
Relationship dialectics
Personal relationship conflict
Relational diatribes
Turning point theory
24. Intensely positive feelings and desires for another person are known as:
Delusion
Passion
Commitment
Intoxication
25. A voluntary commitment between irreplaceable individuals who are influenced by rules, dialectics, and surrounding contexts is called a:
Civic union
Personal relationship
Equitable relationship
Modern marriage