Family Psychology Questions
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What do researchers call the struggles that arise from maintaining the competing goals in a relationship?
The tension between the desire to be honest and open and the desire for privacy.
Jordan and Andros have just bought a car as a couple, spent their first Christmas vacation together visiting both sets of parents, and have been attending the same church. They are at which stage of a relationship?
The tension between a couple's desire to be open and honest with the "outside world" and their desire to keep things to themselves.
In the __________ stage, a relationship is a shell of its former self. No growth occurs, and relational boredom sets in.
Sam and Tamir are engaging in small talk, looking for things they might have in common, a quest for similarities facilitated by social media. They are at which stage of a relationship?
Which is the opening stage of all relationships, including friendships, business partnerships, and romantic relationships?
An early stage in relational development, consisting of a search for common ground. If the experimentation is successful, the relationship progresses to intensifying. If not, it may go no further.
A relational stage following experimenting in which the interactants move toward integration by increasing their amount of contact and the breadth and depth of their self-disclosure.
Relational tensions that arise when two opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously.
A relational stage in which the interactants begin to take on a single identity.
A stage of relational development in which the partners make symbolic public gestures to show that their relationship exists.
Which old saying suggests that complementarity is the basis of relationships?
According to research, which candidate for a quiz program is likely to be rated as most attractive from their recording?- An average person who did not blunder - An average person who blundered - A person with superior ability who did not blunder - A person with superior ability who blundered
What is the primary basis of attraction for speed daters?
A relational stage in which partners begin to reduce the scope of their contact and commitment to each other.
According to some research, similar values about __________ and _________ are the best predictors of mate choice.
maintaining commitment to a relationship while also creating the space for being individuals
Your partner is a gourmet chef, while you would rather wash the dishes than shop for and cook a meal. As a couple, you work closely together and benefit from __________.
the first stage in relational development in which the interactants express interest in one another