CMN 101 Exam #1 Questions with correct answers
Social Exchange Theory - ✔✔explains the process of balancing the advantages
and disadvantages of a relationship. Intrinsic rewards lasting and satisfying of all
rewards
Uncertainty Reduction Theory - ✔✔when two people meet, their main focus is on
decreasing the uncertainty about each other
Strategies of Getting Rid of Uncertainty - ✔✔Passive: observing others in
communication without interacting
Active: obtain information by directly getting from a third party
Interactive: speaking directly with the person
Social Penetration Theory - ✔✔explains how partners move from superficial
levels to greater intimacy
Communication Privacy Management Theory - ✔✔helps explain how people
perceive the information they hold about themselves and whether they will
disclose or protect it
Stages of a Relationship - ✔✔Initiating - making contact
Exploratory - small talk grows to more in-depth self-disclosure
Intensification - much more personal self-disclosure; "we"
Stable - the relationship is no longer temporary or volatile
Declining - relationship begins to deteriorate
Termination - three triggering events lead to the end of relationship
, Reconciliation -occurs when one or both parties attempt to rekindle the
relationship
Social Information Processing Theory - ✔✔Argues that communicators use unique
language and stylistic cues in their online messages to develop relationships that
are just as close as those that develop face to face, but often take more time to
become intimate
Types of Love - ✔✔Eros - erotic and sexual
Ludos - excitement, not emotional
Storge - peaceful and tranquil
Pragma - sensible, practical, and committed
Manic - intense, romantic
Agape - selfless, unconditional
Schutz's Interpersonal Needs Theory - ✔✔Inclusion - the desire to be a part of
something. Affection - the need to feel liked or loved.
Control - the need to influence others.
Psuedo Conflict - ✔✔individuals actually agree, but due to poor communication
they believe they disagree
Avoidance - ✔✔acting as if the conflict doesn't exist
Accommodation - ✔✔lose-win approach to a conflict by letting the other person
get their way
Social Exchange Theory - ✔✔explains the process of balancing the advantages
and disadvantages of a relationship. Intrinsic rewards lasting and satisfying of all
rewards
Uncertainty Reduction Theory - ✔✔when two people meet, their main focus is on
decreasing the uncertainty about each other
Strategies of Getting Rid of Uncertainty - ✔✔Passive: observing others in
communication without interacting
Active: obtain information by directly getting from a third party
Interactive: speaking directly with the person
Social Penetration Theory - ✔✔explains how partners move from superficial
levels to greater intimacy
Communication Privacy Management Theory - ✔✔helps explain how people
perceive the information they hold about themselves and whether they will
disclose or protect it
Stages of a Relationship - ✔✔Initiating - making contact
Exploratory - small talk grows to more in-depth self-disclosure
Intensification - much more personal self-disclosure; "we"
Stable - the relationship is no longer temporary or volatile
Declining - relationship begins to deteriorate
Termination - three triggering events lead to the end of relationship
, Reconciliation -occurs when one or both parties attempt to rekindle the
relationship
Social Information Processing Theory - ✔✔Argues that communicators use unique
language and stylistic cues in their online messages to develop relationships that
are just as close as those that develop face to face, but often take more time to
become intimate
Types of Love - ✔✔Eros - erotic and sexual
Ludos - excitement, not emotional
Storge - peaceful and tranquil
Pragma - sensible, practical, and committed
Manic - intense, romantic
Agape - selfless, unconditional
Schutz's Interpersonal Needs Theory - ✔✔Inclusion - the desire to be a part of
something. Affection - the need to feel liked or loved.
Control - the need to influence others.
Psuedo Conflict - ✔✔individuals actually agree, but due to poor communication
they believe they disagree
Avoidance - ✔✔acting as if the conflict doesn't exist
Accommodation - ✔✔lose-win approach to a conflict by letting the other person
get their way
