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True/False Questions

1 .       Managers spend almost 80 percent of their day communicating orally with others. [Hint]

 
 


2 .       Once a relationship enters the de-intensification stage, it cannot be repaired. [Hint]

 
 


3 .       During the individualization stage, both partners no longer turn to each other for confirmation of their self-concepts. [Hint]

 
 


4 .       Conflict is normal and expected in healthy relationships. [Hint]

 
 


5 .       In a complementary relationship, one partner willingly cedes power to the other. [Hint]

 
 


6 .       Assertive and aggressive communication are basically the same thing. [Hint]

 
 


7 .       A placating response to confrontation tries to avoid conflict at all costs. [Hint]

 
 


8 .       The best way to "own" your statements is to carefully use "you" language. [Hint]

 
 


9 .       In the 1980s, the New York Supreme Court defined family as "related by blood or law." [Hint]

 
 


10 .       Most conflict is goal-driven. [Hint]

 
 


11 .       The hallmark of destructive conflict is a lack of flexibility in responding to others. [Hint]

 
 


12 .       Anger is the predominant emotion generated by conflict. [Hint]

 
 


13 .       Self-talk is inappropriate in conflict because it does not include the perspective of the other person. [Hint]

 
 


14 .       Nonverbal immediacy cues increase when a relationship is in de-escalation. [Hint]

 
 


15 .       Destructive conflict is characterized by a lack of listening. [Hint]

 
 






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