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Subject
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 36 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Be positive - Exercise gratitude - Don't have a conversation when you're angry - Be explicit about expectations - Avoid contempt (sarcasm and snarkiness) - Pick a neutral spot!
Relational evaluation
Conflict
Coercive power
Conflict skills & tips
2. Liars tend to view their deception as less serious than the recipient - Self-serving bias
Coercive power
Reactive jealousy
Mismatch
Conflict
3. From a susrvey on causes of breakups - Autonomy 37% Similarity 30% Supportiveness 27% Openness 22% Fidelity 17% Togetherness 16% Equity 12%
Good liars
Causes of breakups
Instigating conflict
Power strategies
4. High social skills - Not much to lose - An unattractive target
Good liars
Informational power
Power strategies
Expression skill
5. Fighting over whose account of an incident is right and whose is wrong
Accommodation
Attributional conflict
Conflict
Dialects
6. Think before you speak - Start by remembering what's good - Speak from your own POV - Talk about your feelings - Ask for what you want - Avoid trigger words - Be specific
Mismatch
Instigating conflict
Forgiveness
Expression skill
7. Giving a boost to one's self-esteem by doing something nice for oneself and thinking about one's good qualities
Self-bolstering
Conflict
Behavior control
Attributional conflict
8. 1. Direct - ask for what you want (more satisfied people/men) 2. Indirect - hinting or pouting (not as satisfied/women) 3. Unilateral - work alone (less powerful/women) 4. Bilateral - work together (more powerful/men)
Power strategies
Betrayal
Fate control
Legitimate power
9. When people lie to others - they perceive the recipient to be less trustworthy over time -'Everyone is like me - so you must be lying too.'
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10. Hurtful actions by people we trust - Involves relational devaluation - Most intense hurt from people we love - Loyalty to multiple people (sometimes occur when people have the best intentions)
Conflict
Betrayal
Forgiveness
Veto power
11. 1. Criticism - demanding; derogatory as far as recipient is concerned 2. Illegitimate demands - unjust demands - 3. Rebuffs - one person appeals for a desired reaction but the other person does nothing - 4. Cumulative annoyances - builds up over time
Deceiver's distrust
Instigating conflict
Key ingredients of forgiveness
Causes of breakups
12. 'I love you - so I will do what you ask of me.'
Referent power
Social power
Forgiveness
Accommodation
13. Apparent decreases in others' regard for us
Ostracism
Relational devaluation
Causes of breakups
Mismatch
14. Response to a realistic danger in past - present or future
Deceiver's distrust
Reward power
Negotiation
Reactive jealousy
15. Involves efforts to 'stay cool' and avoid feeling angry or embarrassed by refusing to dwell on the unfairness of the situation
Self-reliance
Power strategies
Behavior control
Accommodation
16. Speak hesitantly - Higher pitch - Grammatical errors - Blink more often - Mismatch b/w facial expression and tone of voice - Know the person well
Mismatch
Catching a liar
Relationship maintenance strategies
Veto power
17. By changing your own behavior - you can influence the behavior of a partner E.g. romantic relationship
Informational power
Behavior control
Relational devaluation
Accommodation
18. A persona can unilaterally determine what will happen next E.g. parent-child relationship
Fate control
Conflict
Showing understanding skill
Relationship maintenance strategies
19. Being ignored; cold shoulder - Used to avoid confrontation or calm down after conflict - threatens need to belong - leaves people angry and in the dark
Ostracism
Social power
Dialects
Betrayal
20. Positivity - Openness - Assurances - Social network - Sharing tasks - Sharing activities - Support - Conflict management - Avoidance - Humor
Relationship maintenance strategies
Behavior control
Forgiveness
Ostracism
21. The degree to which others consider their relationships with us to be valuable
Power strategies
Betrayal
Dialects
Relational evaluation
22. Say your side and work toward a common solution - Involves direct and indirect approaches as well
Social power
Deceiver's distrust
Negotiation
Key ingredients of forgiveness
23. Acting constructively in the face of attack - Involves direct and indirect approaches as well
Deceiver's distrust
Forgiveness
Reward power
Accommodation
24. Control of valuable resources - having a resource if other people want it - Principle of lesser interest (i.e. showing you have no interest) - You can get what you want elsewhere too
Relational evaluation
Key ingredients of forgiveness
Good liars
Sources of Power
25. The ability to influence the behavior of others and to resist their influence on us
Coercive power
Social power
Showing understanding skill
Mismatch
26. It is reproductively advantageous to keep outsiders from the relationship
Betrayal
Catching a liar
Referent power
Reasons for being jealous
27. We fluctuate in our pursuit of different goals (opposing motivations) Examples include: Autonomy vs. connection (wanting to be alone but want to be close) - Openness vs. closeness - Stability vs. change - Integration vs. separation
Negotiation
Fate control
Dialects
Ostracism
28. 'You have a reasonable right to tell me what to do and I feel compelled to do it.'
Reactive jealousy
Conflict skills & tips
Legitimate power
Power strategies
29. 'You have info that I need or want - so I will do what you ask of me.'
Ostracism
Informational power
Relationship maintenance strategies
Power strategies
30. Listen in a way that shows strong interest - Become the other person - Repeat the other person's partner's thoughts - feelings and concerns - Accept and make changes graciously
Power strategies
Reasons for being jealous
Showing understanding skill
Social power
31. 'If you do what I want - I will give you X.'
Veto power
Relational evaluation
Fate control
Reward power
32. 'If you don't do what I want - I will punish you by X.'
Self-reliance
Expression skill
Coercive power
Sources of Power
33. Occurs when someone's motives - goals - beliefs - opinions or behavior interfere with those of another - Preventing someone from doing/getting what they want
Conflict
Relational evaluation
Mismatch
Behavior control
34. Even if you make the most of daily decisions - if someone can overturn them - you don't really have that much power
Veto power
Behavior control
Mismatch
Self-reliance
35. Sincere apology and empathy from victim
Sources of Power
Betrayal
Negotiation
Key ingredients of forgiveness
36. A decision to give up your perceived or actual right to get even with or hold in debt someone who has wronged you - Secure attachments are more likely to forgive
Attributional conflict
Deceiver's distrust
Forgiveness
Legitimate power