TCU Interpersonal Communication FINAL questions
and correct answers A+ rated
Intimacy - correct answer ✔✔Significant emotional closeness experienced in a relationship
Commitment - correct answer ✔✔A desire to stay in a relationship
Interdependence - correct answer ✔✔A state in which each person's behaviors affect everyone else in
the relationship
Investment - correct answer ✔✔The resources we put into relationships
Dialectical Tensions - correct answer ✔✔Conflicts between two important but opposing needs or desires
Autonomy VS Connection - correct answer ✔✔The feeling of wanting to be one's own person versus the
desire to be close to others.
Opennes VS Closedness - correct answer ✔✔The desire for disclosure and honesty versus the desire to
keep certain facts, thoughts, or ideas to oneself.
Predictability VS Novelty - correct answer ✔✔The desire for consistency and stability versus the desire
for fresh, new experiences.
Monogamy - correct answer ✔✔Being in only one romantic relationship at a time and avoiding romantic
or sexual involvement with others outside the relationship
Infidelity - correct answer ✔✔Having romantic or sexual interaction with one outside one's romantic
relationship
,Polygamy - correct answer ✔✔A practice in which one person is married to two or more spouses at
once.
Five Stages of Relationship Formation - correct answer ✔✔Initiating Stage
Experimenting Stage
Intensifying Stage
Integrating Stage
Bonding Stage
Initiating Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship development when people meet and
interact for the first time.
Experimenting Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship development when individuals have
conversations to learn more about each other.
Intensifying Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship development when individuals move
from being acquaintances to being close friends
Integrating Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship development when a deep commitment
has formed, and there is a strong sense that the relationship has its own identity
Bonding Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship development when partners publicly
announce their commitment.
Communication Privacy Management Theory (CPM) - correct answer ✔✔Theory that explains how
people manage the tension between privacy and disclosure.
Stages of Ending a Romantic Relationships - correct answer ✔✔Differentiating Stage
Circumscribing Stage
Stagnating Stage
Avoiding Stage
, Terminating Stage
Differentiating Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship dissolution when partners begin to
see their differences as undesirable or annoying.
Circumscribing Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship dissolution characterized by
decreased quality and quantity of communication between partners.
Stagnating Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship dissolution when the relationship stops
growing and the partners are barely communicating with each other.
Avoiding Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship dissolution when partners create physical
and emotional distance between themselves.
Terminating Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship dissolution when the relationship is
deemed to be officially over.
Family of Origin - correct answer ✔✔The family in which one grows up.
Family of Procreation - correct answer ✔✔The family one starts as an adult
Rituals - correct answer ✔✔Repetitive behaviors that have special meaning for a group or relationship.
Communication Climate - correct answer ✔✔The emotional tone of a relationship.
Confirming Messages - correct answer ✔✔Behaviors that indicate how much we value another person.
Dis-confirming Messages - correct answer ✔✔Behaviors that imply a lack of regard for another person.
Defensiveness - correct answer ✔✔Excessive concern with guarding oneself against the threat of
criticism.
and correct answers A+ rated
Intimacy - correct answer ✔✔Significant emotional closeness experienced in a relationship
Commitment - correct answer ✔✔A desire to stay in a relationship
Interdependence - correct answer ✔✔A state in which each person's behaviors affect everyone else in
the relationship
Investment - correct answer ✔✔The resources we put into relationships
Dialectical Tensions - correct answer ✔✔Conflicts between two important but opposing needs or desires
Autonomy VS Connection - correct answer ✔✔The feeling of wanting to be one's own person versus the
desire to be close to others.
Opennes VS Closedness - correct answer ✔✔The desire for disclosure and honesty versus the desire to
keep certain facts, thoughts, or ideas to oneself.
Predictability VS Novelty - correct answer ✔✔The desire for consistency and stability versus the desire
for fresh, new experiences.
Monogamy - correct answer ✔✔Being in only one romantic relationship at a time and avoiding romantic
or sexual involvement with others outside the relationship
Infidelity - correct answer ✔✔Having romantic or sexual interaction with one outside one's romantic
relationship
,Polygamy - correct answer ✔✔A practice in which one person is married to two or more spouses at
once.
Five Stages of Relationship Formation - correct answer ✔✔Initiating Stage
Experimenting Stage
Intensifying Stage
Integrating Stage
Bonding Stage
Initiating Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship development when people meet and
interact for the first time.
Experimenting Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship development when individuals have
conversations to learn more about each other.
Intensifying Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship development when individuals move
from being acquaintances to being close friends
Integrating Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship development when a deep commitment
has formed, and there is a strong sense that the relationship has its own identity
Bonding Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship development when partners publicly
announce their commitment.
Communication Privacy Management Theory (CPM) - correct answer ✔✔Theory that explains how
people manage the tension between privacy and disclosure.
Stages of Ending a Romantic Relationships - correct answer ✔✔Differentiating Stage
Circumscribing Stage
Stagnating Stage
Avoiding Stage
, Terminating Stage
Differentiating Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship dissolution when partners begin to
see their differences as undesirable or annoying.
Circumscribing Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship dissolution characterized by
decreased quality and quantity of communication between partners.
Stagnating Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship dissolution when the relationship stops
growing and the partners are barely communicating with each other.
Avoiding Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship dissolution when partners create physical
and emotional distance between themselves.
Terminating Stage - correct answer ✔✔The stage of relationship dissolution when the relationship is
deemed to be officially over.
Family of Origin - correct answer ✔✔The family in which one grows up.
Family of Procreation - correct answer ✔✔The family one starts as an adult
Rituals - correct answer ✔✔Repetitive behaviors that have special meaning for a group or relationship.
Communication Climate - correct answer ✔✔The emotional tone of a relationship.
Confirming Messages - correct answer ✔✔Behaviors that indicate how much we value another person.
Dis-confirming Messages - correct answer ✔✔Behaviors that imply a lack of regard for another person.
Defensiveness - correct answer ✔✔Excessive concern with guarding oneself against the threat of
criticism.
