Family Psychology Questions
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Taking a sick colleague's weekend shift is an example of which type of social support?
an instance when others don't behave as we assume they should
Accepting that relational life is a rollercoaster with inevitable challenges reflects which strategy for managing dialectical tensions?- Reaffirming - Compromising - Alternating - Reframing
Although you and your roommate have a rule that whoever gets home first will walk the dog, you return from work one day to find your roommate asleep on the couch and your pug waiting anxiously at the door with her leash in her mouth. This is a relational transgression that most clearly falls in which category?
Which statement is the best example of metacommunication?- You never ask me about my workday when we're having dinner. - I'm usually too exhausted when I get home from work to make dinner. - When you get home from work, be sure to take the steaks out of the freezer for dinner. - I won't get home from work until later, so I'll bring home takeout for dinner
A violation of the explicit or implicit terms of a relationship, letting the partner down in some important way.
Messages (usually relational) that refer to other messages; communication about communication.
unique norms constructed by the people involved
Messages have content and __________ dimensions.
When conversations on social media become heated, what strategy do researchers recommend to restore civility?
How are relational messages usually expressed?
Challenges related to which external dialectic have increased with the growth of social media?
When you start to resent all the time your partner spends playing hockey in the winter and football in the summer, you tell yourself that physical activity is important for his health and that you're lucky he's not a coach potato. Which strategy for managing dialectical tensions are you using?- Reaffirming - Compromising - Alternating - Reframing
__________ can be defined as communication that keeps relationships running smoothly and satisfactorily.
Although nonverbal behaviors are a good source of relational messages, they are often __________.
Helping others during challenging times by providing emotional, informational, or instrumental resources.
What do scholars identify as a healthy and attainable goal of relational termination?- Finding meaning - Gaining closure - Moving on quickly - Symmetrical conflict
Which internal struggle, a dialectic within a relationship, embodies the conflicting desires for integration and separation?
After spending weeks getting to know each other on Facebook, Marta and Riley took the plunge and met in person. Although they had established a promising relationship on social media, they both found their first date awkward, a problem that can occur with ____________.
Which stage is the culmination of a developed relationship—the "officializing" of a couple's integration?