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COM 100: EXAM 1 | ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A Self-Perception is:
a) The way in which people see themselves.
b) How people think and feel about themselves.
c) They way people see themselves based on the group to which they belong
d) A personal frame for viewing life's events. - correct-answer-a) The way in which
people see themselves.
During which of Knapp's stages does touch increase?
a) Integrating
b) Initiation
c) Intensifying
d) Bonding - correct-answer-c) Intensifying
During the circumscribing stage couples are most likely to talk about which of the
following?
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a) The problems in the relationship
b) Each others friends
c) The things they don't have in common
d) Their future together - correct-answer-a) The problems in the relationship
Which of the following does NOT take place during the stagnating stage?
a) Loss of vitality
b) Start avoiding one another
c) Loss of emotional connection
d) Hard to agree - correct-answer-b) Start avoiding one another
Which of the following is NOT one of the dialectical tensions?
a) Connection verses Autonomy
b) Predictability verses Novelty
c) Openness verses Privacy
d) Sophistication verses Primal - correct-answer-d) Sophistication verses Primal
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Which of the following best describes dialectical tension?
a) A controlling message
b) Conflicts that arise when two opposing or incompatible forces exist
simultaneously
c) A strategy characterized by compromises, which communicators don't express
d) A term which communicates lack of concern for the welfare of another -
correct-answer-b) Conflicts that arise when two opposing or incompatible forces
exist simultaneously
Which of the following is a component of Self-disclosure?
a) Occurs incrementally
b) Relatively scarce
c) Occurs in dyads
d) Generally symmetrical
e) All of the above - correct-answer-e) All of the above
Which of the following is Not a dimension of intimacy?
a) Care giving
b) Intellectual
COM 100: EXAM 1 | ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A Self-Perception is:
a) The way in which people see themselves.
b) How people think and feel about themselves.
c) They way people see themselves based on the group to which they belong
d) A personal frame for viewing life's events. - correct-answer-a) The way in which
people see themselves.
During which of Knapp's stages does touch increase?
a) Integrating
b) Initiation
c) Intensifying
d) Bonding - correct-answer-c) Intensifying
During the circumscribing stage couples are most likely to talk about which of the
following?
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a) The problems in the relationship
b) Each others friends
c) The things they don't have in common
d) Their future together - correct-answer-a) The problems in the relationship
Which of the following does NOT take place during the stagnating stage?
a) Loss of vitality
b) Start avoiding one another
c) Loss of emotional connection
d) Hard to agree - correct-answer-b) Start avoiding one another
Which of the following is NOT one of the dialectical tensions?
a) Connection verses Autonomy
b) Predictability verses Novelty
c) Openness verses Privacy
d) Sophistication verses Primal - correct-answer-d) Sophistication verses Primal
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Which of the following best describes dialectical tension?
a) A controlling message
b) Conflicts that arise when two opposing or incompatible forces exist
simultaneously
c) A strategy characterized by compromises, which communicators don't express
d) A term which communicates lack of concern for the welfare of another -
correct-answer-b) Conflicts that arise when two opposing or incompatible forces
exist simultaneously
Which of the following is a component of Self-disclosure?
a) Occurs incrementally
b) Relatively scarce
c) Occurs in dyads
d) Generally symmetrical
e) All of the above - correct-answer-e) All of the above
Which of the following is Not a dimension of intimacy?
a) Care giving
b) Intellectual
