HDFS Exam 4
Gender differences in communication (action vs affiliation) - correct answer ✔✔Men tend to be
competitive and women tend to be more relationship-oriented
Metacommunication - correct answer ✔✔Communicate about communication, clarify misperceptions,
confusions
Self-disclosure - correct answer ✔✔Occurs when an individual reveals to one or more people some
personal information or feelings that they could not otherwise learn
Listening - correct answer ✔✔The foundation for all communication
Assertive communication - correct answer ✔✔Expression of one's thoughts, feelings, and desires as a
right
Passive communication - correct answer ✔✔Unwillingness to say what one thinks, feels, or wants
Aggressive communication - correct answer ✔✔Aims to hurt or put down the other person
Statistics about Happy couple vs unhappy couple - correct answer ✔✔6 times more likely to agree that
they are satisfied with their communication
The dance of anger - correct answer ✔✔Lerner's metaphor to describe how human beings relate to each
other. Pursuers and distancers.
Pursuers - correct answer ✔✔Part of the dance of anger theory, person wants to create connected or
enmeshed types of intimate relationships that are high in cohesion
, Distancers - correct answer ✔✔Part of the dance of anger theory, person tends to create disengaged or
separated types of intimate relationships that are low in cohesion
Underfunctioners - correct answer ✔✔Lerner's style of anger management, this person shuts down
Overfunctioners - correct answer ✔✔Lerner's style of anger management, this person takes charge
Rules for fair fighting - correct answer ✔✔Avoid ultimatums, own your feelings, state wishes clearly,
check your perceptions, call time out, use humor, seek closure
John Gottman - correct answer ✔✔Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, negative aspects that may destroy
a relationship
Styles of conflict resolution - correct answer ✔✔Concern for self vs others, competitive, collaborative,
compromise, avoidance, accommodating
Six basic steps of resolving conflict - correct answer ✔✔Clarify the issue, find out what each person
wants, identify various alternative, decide on negotiation strategy, solidify the agreements
Physical performance and development - correct answer ✔✔Most of us reach our peak physical
performance before the age of 30
Sexual orientation - correct answer ✔✔Most likely determined by a combination of genetic, hormonal,
cognitive, and environmental factors
Cognitive development in early adulthood - correct answer ✔✔Realistic and pragmatic thinking,
reflective and relativistic thinking, postformal thought
Dualistic thinking - correct answer ✔✔Right/wrong thinking
Postformal thought - correct answer ✔✔Piaget's 5th stage, belief that a solution to a problem depends
upon many contextual factors
Gender differences in communication (action vs affiliation) - correct answer ✔✔Men tend to be
competitive and women tend to be more relationship-oriented
Metacommunication - correct answer ✔✔Communicate about communication, clarify misperceptions,
confusions
Self-disclosure - correct answer ✔✔Occurs when an individual reveals to one or more people some
personal information or feelings that they could not otherwise learn
Listening - correct answer ✔✔The foundation for all communication
Assertive communication - correct answer ✔✔Expression of one's thoughts, feelings, and desires as a
right
Passive communication - correct answer ✔✔Unwillingness to say what one thinks, feels, or wants
Aggressive communication - correct answer ✔✔Aims to hurt or put down the other person
Statistics about Happy couple vs unhappy couple - correct answer ✔✔6 times more likely to agree that
they are satisfied with their communication
The dance of anger - correct answer ✔✔Lerner's metaphor to describe how human beings relate to each
other. Pursuers and distancers.
Pursuers - correct answer ✔✔Part of the dance of anger theory, person wants to create connected or
enmeshed types of intimate relationships that are high in cohesion
, Distancers - correct answer ✔✔Part of the dance of anger theory, person tends to create disengaged or
separated types of intimate relationships that are low in cohesion
Underfunctioners - correct answer ✔✔Lerner's style of anger management, this person shuts down
Overfunctioners - correct answer ✔✔Lerner's style of anger management, this person takes charge
Rules for fair fighting - correct answer ✔✔Avoid ultimatums, own your feelings, state wishes clearly,
check your perceptions, call time out, use humor, seek closure
John Gottman - correct answer ✔✔Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, negative aspects that may destroy
a relationship
Styles of conflict resolution - correct answer ✔✔Concern for self vs others, competitive, collaborative,
compromise, avoidance, accommodating
Six basic steps of resolving conflict - correct answer ✔✔Clarify the issue, find out what each person
wants, identify various alternative, decide on negotiation strategy, solidify the agreements
Physical performance and development - correct answer ✔✔Most of us reach our peak physical
performance before the age of 30
Sexual orientation - correct answer ✔✔Most likely determined by a combination of genetic, hormonal,
cognitive, and environmental factors
Cognitive development in early adulthood - correct answer ✔✔Realistic and pragmatic thinking,
reflective and relativistic thinking, postformal thought
Dualistic thinking - correct answer ✔✔Right/wrong thinking
Postformal thought - correct answer ✔✔Piaget's 5th stage, belief that a solution to a problem depends
upon many contextual factors
