COMM 3800 Family Comm Final Exam Questions with Complete Solution 2024 Walden

COMM 3800 Family Comm Final Exam Questions with Complete Solution 2024 Walden Individual factors: personal mate preference Chastity (not as popular today), physical attractiveness (increasingly important), financial resources (increasingly important), cooking/housekeeping (not as important today), and mutual attraction/love (very important today compared to before the 1960s) Couple factors: partner compatibility Assortive matching for sociocultural variables Couples tend to match when it comes to age, race, education, socioeconomic class, and physical attractiveness Initiating: relationship stage "Hi how ya doin'?" "Fine. You?"-we've recently met or I'd like to meet this person; deciding whether he/she is attractive and whether to initiate communication Experimenting: relationship stage "Oh, so you like to ski...so do I." "You do? Great. Where do you go?"- we are beginning the process of experimenting--trying to discover the unknown; small talk is key, relationship is relaxed and pleasant with many questions Intensifying- relationship stage "I...think I love you." "I love you too"- we have a good amount of personal closure and we have begun to get a glimpse of some previously withheld secrets; we have begun to speak more informally; we become close with caution waiting for confirmation before proceeding Bonding: relationship stage "I feel so much a part of you" "Yeah, we are like one person" "I want to be with you always" "Let's get married"- our two individual personalities are almost fused or blended; verbal and nonverbal communication shows that we are alike; in a public ritual we have announced to the world that a commitment has been formally contracted; communication is at its highest level