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CHAPTER
THREE – TW 5e
Multiple Choice
1. A
socially constructed pattern of behavior and the sets of expectations
associated with a member’s position within the family refer to which of the
following?
2. rules
3. role
evaluation
4. rule
interpretation
5. roles*
2. As
the oldest child, Jo knows she is responsible for looking after her siblings.
As the middle child, Marsha knows that she is who gets blamed when things go
wrong. And as the youngest child, Peter knows that he is supposed to be the
lovable sociable one. Which of the following best explains this family role
assignment pattern?
3. role
taking
4. role
evaluation
5. role
allocation*
6. role
responsiveness
3. Stewie
knows that as a newly married man, he will become a great father. Stewie’s
internalized belief about how he will function in the role of a father is best
described by which of the following?
4. role
evaluation
5. role
interpretation
6. role
inference
7. role
expectation*
4. Phyllis
married Thom, who has three kids. Phyllis does not know if she is supposed to
be a friend to the kids or a disciplinarian. Because there is not a set of
clearly prescribed rules for how to be a stepparent, Phyllis’ situation is best
described by which of the following?
5. role
ambiguity*
6. rule
ambiguity
7. role
expectation
8. role
conflict
5. George
wants to be the disciplinarian in the family. His wife Adelle also wants to be
the disciplinarian. Which type of role conflict is being experienced in their
family?
6. role
reversal conflict
7. intrapersonal
role conflict
8. interpersonal
role conflict*
9. role
expectation conflict
6. Parents
influence their children’s adaptation of role behaviors through their different
responses and expectations for sons and daughters. Which term refers to the
parents’ potential impact on their child’s behaviors?
7. sex
role identification
8. gender
role socialization*
9. behavioral
flexibility
10.
parental role models
7. Truman
thinks that he is a stern father, but when he told his daughter this, she
laughed and called him a pushover. Truman’s assessment regarding how well he
enacted the role of the disciplinarian is referred to as which of the
following?
8. role
taking
9. role
messages
10.
role evaluation*
11.
role socialization
8. In
the Jackson family, the children know that they should never discuss their
father’s alcohol
problem even though they have never been told that directly.
This is anexample of a(n) which of the following type of family rule?
1. implicit
rule*
2. explicit
rule
3. governing
rule
4. implication
rule
9. At
church, the Sheerin children know that they are to sit quietly during the
service. When they get home, however, they are allowed to run and play without
much interference. Which of Shimanoff’s interpretation of rules best
illustrates this example?
10.
Rules are contextual.
11.
Rules should be followable.
12.
Rules should prescribe behavior that is obligated, preferred, or
prohibited.*
13.
Rules should be established by those in authority positions.
10.
Javier knows that he is allowed to talk about sex with his
parents, but he is not supposed to
discuss sex when his grandparents are present. This best
exemplifies which of thefollowing types of communication rules?
1. rules
governing what can be talked about
2. rules
governing who can hear things*
3. rules
governing how things can be talked about
4. meta-rules
about making rules
11.
The Marcos family enjoys watching Modern Family, a
television show about the members of the Dunphy family. Over time, the Marcos
family members begin to engage in, and are expected to, act more like the
Dunphy family. Which of the following assumptions best describes the changes in
the Alexander’s family rules?
12.
Rules are affected by cultural trends.*
13.
Rules evolve over time.
14.
Rules work best when they consider individual family members.
15.
Rules may be either spoken or unspoken.
12.
The Alexander family has a rule against talking about the rule
that the family members are not allowed to discuss their family’s financial
problems. This is an example of which of the following?
13.
rule allocation
14.
implicit rule
15.
rule negotiation
16.
meta-rules*
13.
The Jiminez family does not overtly express affection. When one
of the sons married someone who openly expresses affection by hugging and
saying “I love you.” Rather than rejecting the daughter-in-law’s affection, the
Jiminez family reluctantly learned to reciprocate. This best illustrates which
of the following concepts?
14.
rule enactment
15.
rule function
16.
rule expression
17.
rule negotiation*
14.
The idea that certain behaviors and tasks are classified by
gender, such as dishes being feminine labor and auto repair being masculine
labor, is best explained by which of the following theoretical perspectives?
15.
Gender Schema Theory *
16.
Gender Standpoint Theory
17.
Gender Rule Theory
18.
Gender Role Fluidity Theory
15.
When an implicit rule is violated, it is likely to become which
of the following?
16.
governing rule
17.
negotiated rule
18.
explicit rule*
19.
the rule of the land
Short Answer/Essay Questions
1. Discuss
the four types of communication rules which affect family interactions. Provide
an example to illustrate each of these rules.
2. Analyze
the role of gender on the assignment of roles in families. Discuss the impact
of Gender Schema Theory on role assignment in families.
3. Describe
the types of role conflict that may be experienced in families. Recall an
incident from your own family experience in which role conflict occurred.
Identify the type of role conflict according to the categories presented in the
text.
4. Discuss
the importance of rules in family communication. Describe assumptions
associated with examining family rules.
5. Identify
and describe each component of Shimanoff’s interpretation of rules.
6. Explain
and provide an example of an implicit and explicit rule. Describe a scenario
when an implicit family rule became an explicit family rule.
CHAPTER FIVE – TW 5e
Multiple Choice
1. Habitual,
mundane communication (e.g., joking around, gossiping, recapping events of the
day) that affects the health of relationships in families is known as which of
the following?
2. small
talk
3. chit
chat talk
4. lighthearted
talk
5. everyday
talk*
2. The
authors state that which term is synonymous with closeness?
3. proximal
4. intimacy*
5. commitment
6. affection
3. An
interpersonal process within which two [or more in the case of a family]
interaction partners experience and express feelings, communicate verbally and
nonverbally, satisfy social motives, augment or reduce social fears, talk and
learn about themselves and their unique characteristics, and become “close”
(psychologically and often physically: touching, using intimate names and tones
of voice) is defined as which of the following?
4. interdependence
5. devotion
6. presence
7. intimacy*
4. Francis
gets upset whenever she gets angry with her son. Which of the following best
describes this?
5. emotional
duality
6. guilt
by association
7. meta-emotions*
8. secondary
emotions
5. Saying
things like, “I love you,” “You are the best wife anyone could ask for,” and “I
adore you” announce the strength of the bond between people, and are all
examples of which of the following?
6. positive
absolute statements*
7. playfulness
8. giving
comfort and support
9. negative
absolute statements
6. The
approach-avoidance relationship that people tend to have toward self-disclosure
is best explained by which of the following?
7. Self-disclosure
has the potential for both rewards as well as risk.*
8. People
prefer to self-disclose to strangers.
9. Self-disclosure
increases intimacy quickly.
10.
Self-disclosure provides boundaries for family members.
7. The
competing tensions of wanting both closeness and distance within our family
relationships can best be described by which of the following?
8. monologic
thinking
9. dialectic
approach*
10.
dialogistics
11.
synchronous discourse
8. Thinking
about closeness as linear and on a continuum, where relationships “get close”
or “grow apart” illustrates which of the following?
9. dialectic
thinking
10.
complementary thinking
11.
monologic thinking*
12.
dualistic thinking
9. When
focusing on the complex nature of separateness and connectedness in the
family, intimacy is seen not as the absence of distance; but rather, intimacy
and distance are seen as simultaneously operating in family relationships.
This type describes which of the following?
10.
dialectic thinking*
11.
complementary thinking
12.
monologic thinking
13.
dualistic thinking
10.
Amy has currently finished her master’s thesis and is extremely
stressed. While she has always had a very open and loving relationship with her
parents, they realize that this is a stressful time and decide to keep their
distance from Amy until the project is completed to avoid any possibility of
getting into a conflict. Amy’s parents have adopted which style of managing the
dialectical tension of closeness and distance?
11.
cyclic alteration*
12.
reframing
13.
neutralizing
14.
disqualifying
11.
Couples who isolate separate spheres for the dialectical
tensions of closeness and autonomy, or who designate the times they spend
together, are employing which strategy for managing dialectical tensions?
12.
cyclic alternation
13.
reframing
14.
selection
15.
segmentation*
12.
The strategy of finding a “happy medium” as a compromise between
competing dialectical tensions is referred to as which of the following?
13.
reframing
14.
segmentation
15.
neutralizating*
16.
disqualifying
13.
Which theory posits that the relationship between infant and
caregiver will establish patterns of behavior that determine how the infant
approaches relationships later in life?
14.
Attachment*
15.
Systems
16.
Social Exchange
17.
Circumplex
14.
Which theory is based on the notion that people think about
their relationships in economic terms.
15.
Attachment
16.
Systems
17.
Social Exchange*
18.
Intimacy
15.
15. The
Circumplex Model posits that family life is conducted along which two
dimensions?
16.
monologic and dialogic
17.
content and relational
18.
adaptability and cohesion*
19.
autonomy and connectedness
Short Answer/Essay Questions
1. Explain
what “everyday talk” is and describe why it is important to intimate
relationships.
2. Identify
and describe Knapp and Vangelisti’s seven communication behaviors that manifest
intimacy and closeness.
3. Define
self-disclosure and explain the complexity of it within the context of intimate
relationships.
4. Compare
and contrast the following ways of thinking about closeness and distance in
family relationships: monologic approach, dialogic approach, dualistic
approach.
5. Describe
the six strategies for managing dialectical tensions in the family. Which
strategy seems the most effective? Which strategy seems the least effective?
Defend your position.
6. Discuss
the impact of one’s culture on expectations for closeness and distance in the
family. What aspects of your culture do you feel have impacted the expectations
for closeness and distance in your own family?
7. Explain
Attachment Theory and describe the typology of infant-caregiver relationships
and how those develop into each attachment style in adulthood.
8. Distinguish
between the comparison level and the comparison level for alternatives in the
Social Exchange Theory. Provide an example of each.
9.Explain the Circumplex Model and describe how a family can be
balanced or unbalanced.
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