| Intimacy in Close Relationships | Communication in Families | Communication in Friendships | Communication in Romantic Relationships | Improving Close Relationships |
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Physical, emotional, intellectual sharing, shared activities
Name the 4 dimensions of Intimacy
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False
The meaning of family has become a concrete definition of set relationships bound by genetics, legalities, and long-standing customs. True or False?
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Friends with benefits
What is the term for non-romantic heterosexual friendships that includes sexual activity?
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Transformative events that alter the relationship in a fundamental way (ex: saying I love you, proposing, physical intimacy, first big fight)
What are the Relational Turning Points?
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Long-distance relationships
What type of relationship is social media especially useful for?
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Females: share more thoughts and feelings, disclose more information
Males: lack of disclosure, not as revealing
Describe the differences between male and female intimacy styles
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- Family is formative
- Family communication is role driven - Family communication is involuntary
Name ONE of the characteristics of fairly communicating.
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True
Men have their most meaningful experiences with friends through shared activities. True or false?
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Volatile, Avoidant, and Validating. John Gottman
Couples tend to fall into one of the three following conflict styles, what are they and who studied these styles?
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E-mail and phone
What two technological devices are commonly used to discuss private topics?
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Australia and United States
What two countries act more familiar with strangers and disclose more personal information?
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Relates to how open families are discussing a range of topics.
Define: Conversation Orientation
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No. Best friends who live far away from each other and who only see each other once a year can pick up immediately with the same closeness and level of disclose as if they saw each other daily.
In a close friendship, does distance and time apart correlate with self disclosure?
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Love language explains that each individual has their own notion of what counts as love. Words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, acts of service, physical touch.
What is "love language", and what are the five love languages?
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Strangers, and online support groups and blogs
When people seek support but want to keep their identity anonymous, from whom and where do they look for it?
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4 - 6 relationships
What is the average number of important relationships do people want in their lives?
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A protective family
What family has a high conformity orientation and low conversation orientation?
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Yes, for example: a woman would feel more comfortable with a gay male because they share similar interests, romantic complications are small or non-existent, and the women feel more attractive.
Can gender considerations - like sexual orientation, affect the strength of a friendship?
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In their family of origin. We are taught to give and receive affection from an early age.
Where do people learn love languages?
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Actions
Words are not the only way to clarify relational commitment, ______ are just as important.
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False. Can lead to a less satisfying relationship
True or False
An obsession with intimacy can lead to MORE satisfying relationship. |
Identifying each other's roles
What do we need to identify in others to have a successful relationship with our family members?
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Partially true, of course there are cross-sex romance-free friendships that have lots of benefits but there can also be sexual tension.
Is it really true that "men and women can't be friends because the sex part always get in the way"?
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As long as couples have five times as many positive interactions, as negative ones, they are likely to have happy and successful relationships.
What is the 5:1 ratio?
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Communication that sustains and assures that the relationship is doing well
What is the definition of Relational Maintenance?
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