CMN 120 Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Communication privacy management theory 1. People believe they own and have a right to control their private information
and their physical spaces.
2. People control their privacy by setting up boundaries. This often involves
setting rules.
3. When others are told or are given access to a person's private information, they
become co-owners of that information.
4. Co-owners of private information need to negotiate mutually agreeable
privacy rules about telling others.
5. When co-owners of private information don't effectively negotiate and follow
mutually held privacy rules, boundary turbulence is the likely result.
What are the effects of keeping secrets? - Keeping secrets negatively affects the quality of the interactions with the person
from whom the secret is being kept
- Secrets encourage concealment of relational problems
- Have to put on an "air" that everything is fine
What are the motivations for keeping secrets? - The desire to protect the relationship
- To protect self or someone else
- To maintain privacy
What are the negative consequences for keeping - Hyperaccessibility: People often try to suppress which results in rumination or
secrets? obsessive thinking about it
- The rebound effect: Can forget for a while until some stimulus brings it back to
mind
- The fever model of self-disclosure: Pressure builds and the secret gets blurted
out
- "Split-loyalty pattern": Secret keepers are often put in a bind of having to choose
between being loyal to other secret holders and being loyal to friends or family
who may be hurt by not knowing the secret
, What are the positive and negative outcomes of Positive - It will reverse the negative effects and to achieve catharsis
revealing secrets?
Negative - Can elicit a negative reaction from the listener (disconfirming reactions
may worsen what is likely an already diminished sense of self) And, might be
viewed as a betrayal by others
What was the recommendation for when to reveal a 1) Is the secret troubling? (Ruminations or anxiety, physical consequences, etc.)
secret? 2) Is an appropriate confidant available? (Discreet, nonjudgmental, can help)
If the answer is "no" to either of the questions, don't reveal. If "yes," do reveal.
Deception An intentional act in which senders knowingly transmit messages to foster a false
belief or interpretation in the receiver
What are the motives for deception? - Partner-focused
- Self-focused
- Relationship-focused
What makes deception difficult to detect? There are no completely reliable indicators of deception
What is the best indicator of deception? To compare a person's normal, truthful behavior with his or her current behavior
Truth bias People expect others to be honest, so they enter conversations without suspicion
and do not look for deceptive behavior
Informational familiarity You know certain information about your relational partner, so your partner can't
lie to you about that information
Behavioral familiarity Those in close relationships have knowledge of the partner's typical
communication style
Behavioral control People try to control their nervous or guilty behaviors to appear friendly and
truthful
What are the positive and negative effects of deception When people uncover a significant deception, they usually feel a host of negative
on relationships? emotions, including anxiety, anger, and distress.
Deception hurts us emotionally and erodes our trust in others.
What are the myths of infidelity? - Infidelity is a sign of an unhappy marriage
- Cheating is all about sex
- Powerful men stray the most
- If it happened once, it'll happen again
- People know when they are "playing with fire"
- An affair usually always destroys a couple's marriage
Forgiveness Plays a critical role in repairing a relationship after a transgression occurs
What is the paradoxical nature of forgiveness? "The forgiver gives up the resentment, to which he or she has a right, and gives
the gift of compassion, to which the offender has no right."
CORRECT Answers
Communication privacy management theory 1. People believe they own and have a right to control their private information
and their physical spaces.
2. People control their privacy by setting up boundaries. This often involves
setting rules.
3. When others are told or are given access to a person's private information, they
become co-owners of that information.
4. Co-owners of private information need to negotiate mutually agreeable
privacy rules about telling others.
5. When co-owners of private information don't effectively negotiate and follow
mutually held privacy rules, boundary turbulence is the likely result.
What are the effects of keeping secrets? - Keeping secrets negatively affects the quality of the interactions with the person
from whom the secret is being kept
- Secrets encourage concealment of relational problems
- Have to put on an "air" that everything is fine
What are the motivations for keeping secrets? - The desire to protect the relationship
- To protect self or someone else
- To maintain privacy
What are the negative consequences for keeping - Hyperaccessibility: People often try to suppress which results in rumination or
secrets? obsessive thinking about it
- The rebound effect: Can forget for a while until some stimulus brings it back to
mind
- The fever model of self-disclosure: Pressure builds and the secret gets blurted
out
- "Split-loyalty pattern": Secret keepers are often put in a bind of having to choose
between being loyal to other secret holders and being loyal to friends or family
who may be hurt by not knowing the secret
, What are the positive and negative outcomes of Positive - It will reverse the negative effects and to achieve catharsis
revealing secrets?
Negative - Can elicit a negative reaction from the listener (disconfirming reactions
may worsen what is likely an already diminished sense of self) And, might be
viewed as a betrayal by others
What was the recommendation for when to reveal a 1) Is the secret troubling? (Ruminations or anxiety, physical consequences, etc.)
secret? 2) Is an appropriate confidant available? (Discreet, nonjudgmental, can help)
If the answer is "no" to either of the questions, don't reveal. If "yes," do reveal.
Deception An intentional act in which senders knowingly transmit messages to foster a false
belief or interpretation in the receiver
What are the motives for deception? - Partner-focused
- Self-focused
- Relationship-focused
What makes deception difficult to detect? There are no completely reliable indicators of deception
What is the best indicator of deception? To compare a person's normal, truthful behavior with his or her current behavior
Truth bias People expect others to be honest, so they enter conversations without suspicion
and do not look for deceptive behavior
Informational familiarity You know certain information about your relational partner, so your partner can't
lie to you about that information
Behavioral familiarity Those in close relationships have knowledge of the partner's typical
communication style
Behavioral control People try to control their nervous or guilty behaviors to appear friendly and
truthful
What are the positive and negative effects of deception When people uncover a significant deception, they usually feel a host of negative
on relationships? emotions, including anxiety, anger, and distress.
Deception hurts us emotionally and erodes our trust in others.
What are the myths of infidelity? - Infidelity is a sign of an unhappy marriage
- Cheating is all about sex
- Powerful men stray the most
- If it happened once, it'll happen again
- People know when they are "playing with fire"
- An affair usually always destroys a couple's marriage
Forgiveness Plays a critical role in repairing a relationship after a transgression occurs
What is the paradoxical nature of forgiveness? "The forgiver gives up the resentment, to which he or she has a right, and gives
the gift of compassion, to which the offender has no right."
