FAD 2230 - FSU Exam 2 Questions and
Answers
Communication - Answer-The process of exchanging and interpreting ideas
and feelings.
consistent, repetitive - Answer-Family communication is not random, it occurs in ______________
patterns.
Communicator - Answer-The person who creates and sends the
message.
Message - Answer-The unit of information transmitted between
sender and receiver.
Medium - Answer-The way a message is presented to the recipient.
,medium - Answer-Message is often determined, to a degree, by the ___________.
Recipient - Answer-The receiver of the message. Interprets the message, based on his/her personality,
life experiences, and the relational context.
Solvable Conflict - Answer-Conflict or problem that has a solution.
Perpetual Conflict - Answer-Conflict or problem within a relationship that can never be solved.
Anger Insteads - Answer-People feel uncomfortable being mad so they do something else instead like
over eating, gossiping, talking about the problem to everyone except the person.
Passive Aggression - Answer-When a person expresses anger at someone but does so indirectly rather
than directly ie, chronic criticism, nagging, sarcasm, forms of sabotage.
Sabotage - Answer-One partner attempts to spoil or undermine some activity the other has planned.
Displacement - Answer-A person directs anger at the people or things that the other cherishes.
Contempt - Answer-Characterized by the intent to insult or abuse your partner emotionally.
- Ex: rolling your eyes, mocking
Criticism - Answer-Attacking personality rather than the specific behavior.
Defensiveness - Answer-Defending yourself from a perceived attack will escalate an argument.
, Stonewalling - Answer-A person refuses to listen to their partner's complaints or stories (physically and
emotionally).
Belligerence - Answer-A behavior that is provocative and that challenges the spouse's power and
authority.
Contempt, Criticism, Defensiveness, Stonewalling - Answer-Four Horsemen
Report Talk - Answer-Conversation aimed mainly at conveying information. Men usually engage in this
form of communication.
Rapport Talk - Answer-Speaking to gain or reinforce rapport or intimacy. Women usually engage in this
form of communication.
Female - Answer-Gender that is attuned to the emotional quality of the relationship.
Male - Answer-Gender that tries to minimize conflict.
Female - Answer-Gender that tries to resolve conflicts with understanding.
Male - Answer-Gender that tries to avoid a blow-up.
Defense of Marriage Act - Answer-Federal statute declaring marriage to be a "legal union of one man
and one woman." (1996)
Parallel Relationship Pattern - Answer-The pattern of marriage that assumes traditional roles, little
intimacy, live parallel lives.
Answers
Communication - Answer-The process of exchanging and interpreting ideas
and feelings.
consistent, repetitive - Answer-Family communication is not random, it occurs in ______________
patterns.
Communicator - Answer-The person who creates and sends the
message.
Message - Answer-The unit of information transmitted between
sender and receiver.
Medium - Answer-The way a message is presented to the recipient.
,medium - Answer-Message is often determined, to a degree, by the ___________.
Recipient - Answer-The receiver of the message. Interprets the message, based on his/her personality,
life experiences, and the relational context.
Solvable Conflict - Answer-Conflict or problem that has a solution.
Perpetual Conflict - Answer-Conflict or problem within a relationship that can never be solved.
Anger Insteads - Answer-People feel uncomfortable being mad so they do something else instead like
over eating, gossiping, talking about the problem to everyone except the person.
Passive Aggression - Answer-When a person expresses anger at someone but does so indirectly rather
than directly ie, chronic criticism, nagging, sarcasm, forms of sabotage.
Sabotage - Answer-One partner attempts to spoil or undermine some activity the other has planned.
Displacement - Answer-A person directs anger at the people or things that the other cherishes.
Contempt - Answer-Characterized by the intent to insult or abuse your partner emotionally.
- Ex: rolling your eyes, mocking
Criticism - Answer-Attacking personality rather than the specific behavior.
Defensiveness - Answer-Defending yourself from a perceived attack will escalate an argument.
, Stonewalling - Answer-A person refuses to listen to their partner's complaints or stories (physically and
emotionally).
Belligerence - Answer-A behavior that is provocative and that challenges the spouse's power and
authority.
Contempt, Criticism, Defensiveness, Stonewalling - Answer-Four Horsemen
Report Talk - Answer-Conversation aimed mainly at conveying information. Men usually engage in this
form of communication.
Rapport Talk - Answer-Speaking to gain or reinforce rapport or intimacy. Women usually engage in this
form of communication.
Female - Answer-Gender that is attuned to the emotional quality of the relationship.
Male - Answer-Gender that tries to minimize conflict.
Female - Answer-Gender that tries to resolve conflicts with understanding.
Male - Answer-Gender that tries to avoid a blow-up.
Defense of Marriage Act - Answer-Federal statute declaring marriage to be a "legal union of one man
and one woman." (1996)
Parallel Relationship Pattern - Answer-The pattern of marriage that assumes traditional roles, little
intimacy, live parallel lives.
