CMST FINAL- MIN WU-LSUA EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
A dismissive attachment style is cultivated when the caregiver communicates in a rejecting way
to a child. - CORRECT ANSWER -TRUE
Acting in ways that bring about expectations or judgments of others that have been expressed
to us is known as __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -Self Fulfilling Prophecy
Jamie had problems in her math class and finally began to tell herself that she would never
understand math. Jamie had failed to follow which suggestion for personal growth and
awareness? - CORRECT ANSWER -Avoid Self Sabotage
Jenny is looking through a popular women's magazine. She notices that most of the
advertisements deal with beauty, looking young, or losing weight. These social values in the
media are examples of __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -The generalized Other
Life scripts are a form of how our friends communicate and influence us - CORRECT ANSWER -
FALSE
Ray is very attentive and supportive to his son Robbie when he is sober, but when Ray drinks he
often ignores his son and sometimes verbally abuses him. Robbie never knows which way his
father will act. If the father is Robbie's primary caregiver, Robbie is likely to develop which
attachment style __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -Anxious/Ambivalent
The process of seeing ourselves through the eyes of others is known as __________. - CORRECT
ANSWER -Reflected Appraisal
The self changes over time as we engage in new experiences. - CORRECT ANSWER -TRUE
, The theory that asserts that people find uncertainty uncomfortable and so are motivated to use
communication to reduce uncertainty is known as __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Uncertainty Reduction
Things that others see in us but we do not see in ourselves are known in the Johari Window as
__________ information. - CORRECT ANSWER -Blind
According to our text, one big problem experienced by couples who are separated
geographically is __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -Not being able to share small talk
Bob and Patina respond to their tension by deciding to spend part of the weekend together and
part of it engaged in separate activities. This response to relational dialectics is called
__________. - CORRECT ANSWER -Neutralization
Lisa wants some time alone because she feels a need to get in touch with herself as an
individual. However, she also feels the need to share experiences with her partner Bob and
cherishes the time they spend together. The tension these different needs are generating within
Lisa illustrates which relational dialectic? - CORRECT ANSWER -Autonomy/Connection
Making a decision to remain with a relationship is known as __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Commitment
One important benchmark of an established friendship is the assumption of continuity. -
CORRECT ANSWER -TRUE
Reframing dialectical tensions involves seeing the tensions as not really in opposition to one
another. - CORRECT ANSWER -TRUE
Relationship Culture is best defined as _______________. - CORRECT ANSWER -the private
understandings, rules, and meanings that couples develop to define who they are
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
A dismissive attachment style is cultivated when the caregiver communicates in a rejecting way
to a child. - CORRECT ANSWER -TRUE
Acting in ways that bring about expectations or judgments of others that have been expressed
to us is known as __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -Self Fulfilling Prophecy
Jamie had problems in her math class and finally began to tell herself that she would never
understand math. Jamie had failed to follow which suggestion for personal growth and
awareness? - CORRECT ANSWER -Avoid Self Sabotage
Jenny is looking through a popular women's magazine. She notices that most of the
advertisements deal with beauty, looking young, or losing weight. These social values in the
media are examples of __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -The generalized Other
Life scripts are a form of how our friends communicate and influence us - CORRECT ANSWER -
FALSE
Ray is very attentive and supportive to his son Robbie when he is sober, but when Ray drinks he
often ignores his son and sometimes verbally abuses him. Robbie never knows which way his
father will act. If the father is Robbie's primary caregiver, Robbie is likely to develop which
attachment style __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -Anxious/Ambivalent
The process of seeing ourselves through the eyes of others is known as __________. - CORRECT
ANSWER -Reflected Appraisal
The self changes over time as we engage in new experiences. - CORRECT ANSWER -TRUE
, The theory that asserts that people find uncertainty uncomfortable and so are motivated to use
communication to reduce uncertainty is known as __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Uncertainty Reduction
Things that others see in us but we do not see in ourselves are known in the Johari Window as
__________ information. - CORRECT ANSWER -Blind
According to our text, one big problem experienced by couples who are separated
geographically is __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -Not being able to share small talk
Bob and Patina respond to their tension by deciding to spend part of the weekend together and
part of it engaged in separate activities. This response to relational dialectics is called
__________. - CORRECT ANSWER -Neutralization
Lisa wants some time alone because she feels a need to get in touch with herself as an
individual. However, she also feels the need to share experiences with her partner Bob and
cherishes the time they spend together. The tension these different needs are generating within
Lisa illustrates which relational dialectic? - CORRECT ANSWER -Autonomy/Connection
Making a decision to remain with a relationship is known as __________. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Commitment
One important benchmark of an established friendship is the assumption of continuity. -
CORRECT ANSWER -TRUE
Reframing dialectical tensions involves seeing the tensions as not really in opposition to one
another. - CORRECT ANSWER -TRUE
Relationship Culture is best defined as _______________. - CORRECT ANSWER -the private
understandings, rules, and meanings that couples develop to define who they are
