Chapter 11 Relational Dialectics Theory
1) The central concept of relational dialectics theory is:
A) uncertainty reduction.
B) the desire for intimacy that causes self-disclosure.
C) discourse, or “a set of propositions that cohere around a given object of meaning.”
D) online impression management that generates relationship development.
Answer: C
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2) When attempting to capture the complexity of relationships as seen through the lens of dialectical flux, personal relationships are found to be ________.
A) beneficial
B) messy
C) predictable
D) time-consuming
Answer: B
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3) Which of the following is NOT one of the dialectical tensions that Baxter and Montgomery address?
A) revelation – concealment
B) judgment – acceptance
C) inclusion – seclusion
D) conventionality – uniqueness
Answer: B
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4) According to Leslie Baxter, which of the following statements is true about the four “links” that are formed in the utterance chain that create an utterance’s meaning, in the context of a relationship between the speaker and the listener?
A) Distant already-spoken discourses are the relationship’s history.
B) Nearby already-spoken discourses involve anticipated conversations with the other person in the future.
C) Nearby not-yet-spoken discourses are past comments by those outside the relationship.
D) Distant not-yet-spoken discourses imagine the evaluation of someone outside the relationship in the future.
Answer: D
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5) Within any given relationship, Baxter regards the discursive struggle between ________ as foundational.
A) openness and closedness
B) certainty and uncertainty
C) connection and autonomy
D) platonic and romantic
Answer: C
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6) Which of the following forms of synchronic interplay replaces an expected discourse with an alternative discourse?
A) negating
B) entertaining
C) countering
D) transforming
Answer: C
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7) ________ is defined as the belief that communication creates, sustains, and alters relationships and the social world.
A) Constitutive approach
B) Interpretive approach
C) Humanistic approach
D) Nonassertive approach
Answer: A
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8) The unpredictable, unfinalizable, indeterminate nature of personal relationships is called:
A) a constitutive process.
B) a dialectical flux.
C) an aesthetic moment.
D) an utterance.
Answer: B
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9) Bakhtin believed that:
A) communicative predicaments are a vital element in the study of friendship.
B) complex contradictions lie at the heart of family systems.
C) ethnography is the best way to study close relationships.
D) dialectical tension provides an opportunity to work out ways to mutually embrace the conflict between unity with and differentiation from each other.
Answer: D
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10) Baxter and Montgomery’s general purpose in developing the dialectical perspective was to discover scientific laws that will explain and predict behaviors that take place between friends and lovers.
Answer: FALSE
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