I HUMAN CASE STUDY SALLY SMITH
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
◉ One of the older couples discusses their meeting in an elevator.
The man describes riding up "9 extra floors" to be with the woman
longer. We could most appropriately place this behavior in
the_________ stage if they were not speaking, or the ________ stage if
they were speaking.
Answer: initiating; experimenting
◉ At the end of the road trip, when Sally drops Harry off in New York
City, their relationship enters the ___ stage of Knapp's Stages of
Coming Together/Apart.
Answer: terminating
◉ Use Thomas and Kilmann's taxonomy to answer this question.
Harry explains that his ex-wife told him she was leaving him just
moments before the movers arrived to move her things from their
apartment. This would be characteristic of the ___ conflict style.
, Answer: avoidant
◉ At the end of the movie, Jess and Marie are presumably in the
bonded stage.
Answer: True
◉ Harry and Sally's relationship enters the terminating stage during
the film.
Answer: True
◉ According to Uncertainty Reduction Theory, Harry's disclosures
about his opinions and perspectives would be likely to lead Sally to:
Answer: reduce her cognitive uncertainty about Harry
◉ Marie, Sally, and Alice display emotional intimacy with each other
when they have lunch together after Sally and Joe break up.
Answer: True
◉ When Sally stops taking Harry's calls after the fight at Marie and
Jess's wedding, she moves the relationship into the avoiding stage,
according to Mark Knapp's Stages of Relationship Formation.
Answer: True
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE
◉ One of the older couples discusses their meeting in an elevator.
The man describes riding up "9 extra floors" to be with the woman
longer. We could most appropriately place this behavior in
the_________ stage if they were not speaking, or the ________ stage if
they were speaking.
Answer: initiating; experimenting
◉ At the end of the road trip, when Sally drops Harry off in New York
City, their relationship enters the ___ stage of Knapp's Stages of
Coming Together/Apart.
Answer: terminating
◉ Use Thomas and Kilmann's taxonomy to answer this question.
Harry explains that his ex-wife told him she was leaving him just
moments before the movers arrived to move her things from their
apartment. This would be characteristic of the ___ conflict style.
, Answer: avoidant
◉ At the end of the movie, Jess and Marie are presumably in the
bonded stage.
Answer: True
◉ Harry and Sally's relationship enters the terminating stage during
the film.
Answer: True
◉ According to Uncertainty Reduction Theory, Harry's disclosures
about his opinions and perspectives would be likely to lead Sally to:
Answer: reduce her cognitive uncertainty about Harry
◉ Marie, Sally, and Alice display emotional intimacy with each other
when they have lunch together after Sally and Joe break up.
Answer: True
◉ When Sally stops taking Harry's calls after the fight at Marie and
Jess's wedding, she moves the relationship into the avoiding stage,
according to Mark Knapp's Stages of Relationship Formation.
Answer: True
