Study Guide
Comm 103 SP13 FINAL
What are “personal” relationships?
The Johari Window—what do the sizes of each pane mean?
All messages have a content dimension and a relational dimension; how do these affect
Communication Climate?
What are the affects of avoidance on conflict? Accommodation? Compromise?
What are the basic couple types, according to the text? Which are most satisfied?
How important are relational skills, as compared to task skills on a team?
What is a relationship?
What is the relationship between gender and disclosure?
What else does Adler say about disclosure?
What is the relationship between complaining and marital satisfaction?
What is the relationship between being reasonable, and managing conflicts?
What is your understanding of complementarity?
What do you know about Social Exchange Theory?
What is the relationship between attractiveness and competence/perfection?
What provides the best chance for developing highly interpersonal relationships?
When people look back, over their lives, what do they see as having been most important?
How do people create distance in relationships? Why?
What is invitational rhetoric?
The Gibb Categories
What is the definition of conflict used by Adler, et. al.?
What conflict styles are mentioned in the text? How are they used?
What do placaters do, when it comes to conflict management?
What tips does Adler provide for offering constructive feedback?
What are the stages of conflict a group experiences?
What are dialectical tensions?
What is an analogy? What does it mean to foster a relationship?
What is the relationship between perception and conflict?
What is a family, as defined by Adler?