INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE FULL SOLUTION
●● List two advantages of interpersonal relationships.
Answer: Decrease loneliness and increase self-esteem.
●● What is one disadvantage of interpersonal relationships?
Answer: Loss of privacy.
●● Define interpersonal intimacy.
Answer: Emotional closeness involving trust, openness, support, self-
disclosure, and emotional bonding.
●● What are complementary relationships?
Answer: Relationships where partners take opposite but balancing roles,
such as dominant and submissive behaviors.
●● What characterizes symmetrical relationships?
Answer: Partners behave similarly in terms of power and
communication.
, ●● What is expert power?
Answer: Influence based on knowledge, skills, or expertise.
●● What are relationships of circumstance?
Answer: Relationships formed because people are placed together, such
as coworkers or classmates.
●● What is a dependent relationship?
Answer: A relationship where one person relies heavily on the other
emotionally or socially.
●● What does the Attraction Theory state?
Answer: People are attracted to others because of proximity, similarity,
physical attraction, and personality traits.
●● What is the formula for Social Exchange Theory?
Answer: Reward minus Cost equals Profit or Loss.
●● What does Quid Pro Quo refer to in relationships?
Answer: A balanced exchange or 'give and take' relationship.
●● What are the three components of the Triangular Theory of Love?
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE FULL SOLUTION
●● List two advantages of interpersonal relationships.
Answer: Decrease loneliness and increase self-esteem.
●● What is one disadvantage of interpersonal relationships?
Answer: Loss of privacy.
●● Define interpersonal intimacy.
Answer: Emotional closeness involving trust, openness, support, self-
disclosure, and emotional bonding.
●● What are complementary relationships?
Answer: Relationships where partners take opposite but balancing roles,
such as dominant and submissive behaviors.
●● What characterizes symmetrical relationships?
Answer: Partners behave similarly in terms of power and
communication.
, ●● What is expert power?
Answer: Influence based on knowledge, skills, or expertise.
●● What are relationships of circumstance?
Answer: Relationships formed because people are placed together, such
as coworkers or classmates.
●● What is a dependent relationship?
Answer: A relationship where one person relies heavily on the other
emotionally or socially.
●● What does the Attraction Theory state?
Answer: People are attracted to others because of proximity, similarity,
physical attraction, and personality traits.
●● What is the formula for Social Exchange Theory?
Answer: Reward minus Cost equals Profit or Loss.
●● What does Quid Pro Quo refer to in relationships?
Answer: A balanced exchange or 'give and take' relationship.
●● What are the three components of the Triangular Theory of Love?
