Interpersonal Communication Quiz 3 Review

According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, interpersonal relationships are more important than food and shelter.

• True

• False

Imagine you go to the mechanic to have the oil changed on your car. The relationship between you and the mechanic would be a ____________.

• Role Relationship

• Close Relationship

• Distant Relationship

• Proximate Relationship

What is NOT a characteristic of a close relationship?

• Interacting in only a specific situation

• Conversing about a large range of topics

• Interactions involving affection and conflict

• Self-disclosure

Expecting your waiter to tell you about the specials, order your drinks and food, bring your drinks and food, refill your drinks, and charge your bill is an example of a ____________.

• Narrow Script

• Broad Script

• Express Script

• Movie Script

What we find attractive in a person in the short-term versus the long-term are always the same.

• False

• True

What is an advantage of online dating?

• Being able to assess background information before connecting further

• More social cues than face-to-face

• Decreases rejection due to shallow reasons

• More choices lead to greater commitment

Growing apart from a person because nothing new ever happens with them is an example of:

• Stagnating

• Differentiating

• Circumscribing

• Terminating

Which of the following are aspects of an interpersonal conflict?

• Affect/Emotion

• Competing goals

• Interdependence

• All of these

Conflict is a lot more likely to occur in close relationships because you rely on one another.

• True

• False

All conflicts can be resolved simply by talking things out and clearly understanding both sides of the argument.

• False

• True