COMM 3800 Family Comm Final Exam NEWEST 2025-
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
Initiating: relationship stage - CORRECT ANSWER- "Hi how ya doin'?" "Fine. You?"-we've
recently met or I'd like to meet this person; deciding whether he/she is attractive
and whether to initiate communication
Experimenting: relationship stage - CORRECT ANSWER- "Oh, so you like to ski...so do I."
"You do? Great. Where do you go?"- we are beginning the process of
experimenting--trying to discover the unknown; small talk is key, relationship is
relaxed and pleasant with many questions
Intensifying- relationship stage - CORRECT ANSWER- "I...think I love you." "I love you
too"- we have a good amount of personal closure and we have begun to get a
glimpse of some previously withheld secrets; we have begun to speak more
informally; we become close with caution waiting for confirmation before
proceeding
Bonding: relationship stage - CORRECT ANSWER- "I feel so much a part of you" "Yeah,
we are like one person" "I want to be with you always" "Let's get married"- our
,two individual personalities are almost fused or blended; verbal and nonverbal
communication shows that we are alike; in a public ritual we have announced to
the world that a commitment has been formally contracted; communication is at
its highest level
Integrating stage - CORRECT ANSWER- As partners choose to intensify their relationship,
they become increasingly interdependent which translates to more opportunities
for conflict
Individual factors: personal mate preference - CORRECT ANSWER- Chastity (not as
popular today), physical attractiveness (increasingly important), financial
resources (increasingly important), cooking/housekeeping (not as important
today), and mutual attraction/love (very important today compared to before the
1960s)
Couple factors: partner compatibility
Assortive matching for sociocultural variables - CORRECT ANSWER- Couples tend to
match when it comes to age, race, education, socioeconomic class, and physical
attractiveness
Sleeper effect - CORRECT ANSWER- The effect of conflict during courtship sometimes
does not show up until later; even serious conflict during courtship does not
always affect a couple's satisfaction with their relationship at the time, but it may
predict dissatisfaction with the partner and the marriage up to five years later
Online dating - CORRECT ANSWER- Around 25% of singles in the US have used an online
dating service; online dating is appealing to people who feel their marriage/dating
markets are diminished because of relocation, retirement, and divorce or
parenting demands
, What does research on communication during online dating focus on? - CORRECT
ANSWER- How impressions and identities are managed online, how specific online
communication behaviors (self-disclosure, emotionality, and relationship
maintenance) occur and the effect they have, and how couples vary in their
dependence and use of online communication
How do people communicate online and what effect does this communication
have? - CORRECT ANSWER- Online dating often occurs at an accelerated pace, with a
flurry of email messages, compared to traditional dating where partners begin
with once a week dates; when a relationship exists exclusively online, daters can
put the brakes on a relationship more easily and abruptly by blocking emails, not
responding, and cashing in on any anonymity they have maintained
Different online dating realtionships - CORRECT ANSWER- Virtuals- first met online and
still meet online
Pinocchios- first met online and now meet offline
Real Worlders- first met offline and still meet offline
Cyber Emigrants- first met offline but now meet online
Winch's Complementary Needs Model - CORRECT ANSWER- Homogamy of social
characteristics is a strong influence on marital choice, but only for preliminary
screening to determine a field of eligible spouses; past the preliminary screening,
partners seek out people who are different so as to fulfill complementary needs,
yet people are not always aware of their needs and do not always select mates
based on those needs and people's ideal partners are often more like their ideal
selves rather than someone who is different
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
Initiating: relationship stage - CORRECT ANSWER- "Hi how ya doin'?" "Fine. You?"-we've
recently met or I'd like to meet this person; deciding whether he/she is attractive
and whether to initiate communication
Experimenting: relationship stage - CORRECT ANSWER- "Oh, so you like to ski...so do I."
"You do? Great. Where do you go?"- we are beginning the process of
experimenting--trying to discover the unknown; small talk is key, relationship is
relaxed and pleasant with many questions
Intensifying- relationship stage - CORRECT ANSWER- "I...think I love you." "I love you
too"- we have a good amount of personal closure and we have begun to get a
glimpse of some previously withheld secrets; we have begun to speak more
informally; we become close with caution waiting for confirmation before
proceeding
Bonding: relationship stage - CORRECT ANSWER- "I feel so much a part of you" "Yeah,
we are like one person" "I want to be with you always" "Let's get married"- our
,two individual personalities are almost fused or blended; verbal and nonverbal
communication shows that we are alike; in a public ritual we have announced to
the world that a commitment has been formally contracted; communication is at
its highest level
Integrating stage - CORRECT ANSWER- As partners choose to intensify their relationship,
they become increasingly interdependent which translates to more opportunities
for conflict
Individual factors: personal mate preference - CORRECT ANSWER- Chastity (not as
popular today), physical attractiveness (increasingly important), financial
resources (increasingly important), cooking/housekeeping (not as important
today), and mutual attraction/love (very important today compared to before the
1960s)
Couple factors: partner compatibility
Assortive matching for sociocultural variables - CORRECT ANSWER- Couples tend to
match when it comes to age, race, education, socioeconomic class, and physical
attractiveness
Sleeper effect - CORRECT ANSWER- The effect of conflict during courtship sometimes
does not show up until later; even serious conflict during courtship does not
always affect a couple's satisfaction with their relationship at the time, but it may
predict dissatisfaction with the partner and the marriage up to five years later
Online dating - CORRECT ANSWER- Around 25% of singles in the US have used an online
dating service; online dating is appealing to people who feel their marriage/dating
markets are diminished because of relocation, retirement, and divorce or
parenting demands
, What does research on communication during online dating focus on? - CORRECT
ANSWER- How impressions and identities are managed online, how specific online
communication behaviors (self-disclosure, emotionality, and relationship
maintenance) occur and the effect they have, and how couples vary in their
dependence and use of online communication
How do people communicate online and what effect does this communication
have? - CORRECT ANSWER- Online dating often occurs at an accelerated pace, with a
flurry of email messages, compared to traditional dating where partners begin
with once a week dates; when a relationship exists exclusively online, daters can
put the brakes on a relationship more easily and abruptly by blocking emails, not
responding, and cashing in on any anonymity they have maintained
Different online dating realtionships - CORRECT ANSWER- Virtuals- first met online and
still meet online
Pinocchios- first met online and now meet offline
Real Worlders- first met offline and still meet offline
Cyber Emigrants- first met offline but now meet online
Winch's Complementary Needs Model - CORRECT ANSWER- Homogamy of social
characteristics is a strong influence on marital choice, but only for preliminary
screening to determine a field of eligible spouses; past the preliminary screening,
partners seek out people who are different so as to fulfill complementary needs,
yet people are not always aware of their needs and do not always select mates
based on those needs and people's ideal partners are often more like their ideal
selves rather than someone who is different
