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soft-skills
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Answer 36 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. From a susrvey on causes of breakups - Autonomy 37% Similarity 30% Supportiveness 27% Openness 22% Fidelity 17% Togetherness 16% Equity 12%
Causes of breakups
Ostracism
Self-reliance
Conflict
2. Even if you make the most of daily decisions - if someone can overturn them - you don't really have that much power
Reactive jealousy
Coercive power
Reward power
Veto power
3. 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 devaluation
Key ingredients of forgiveness
Conflict skills & tips
Coercive power
4. 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)
Ostracism
Betrayal
Informational power
Key ingredients of forgiveness
5. Occurs when someone's motives - goals - beliefs - opinions or behavior interfere with those of another - Preventing someone from doing/getting what they want
Behavior control
Dialects
Conflict
Accommodation
6. Liars tend to view their deception as less serious than the recipient - Self-serving bias
Ostracism
Mismatch
Dialects
Expression skill
7. Speak hesitantly - Higher pitch - Grammatical errors - Blink more often - Mismatch b/w facial expression and tone of voice - Know the person well
Catching a liar
Self-reliance
Legitimate power
Showing understanding skill
8. 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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9. A persona can unilaterally determine what will happen next E.g. parent-child relationship
Conflict
Reasons for being jealous
Betrayal
Fate control
10. 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
Instigating conflict
Informational power
Fate control
Coercive power
11. 'If you do what I want - I will give you X.'
Self-bolstering
Power strategies
Good liars
Reward power
12. Fighting over whose account of an incident is right and whose is wrong
Attributional conflict
Accommodation
Self-reliance
Power strategies
13. Positivity - Openness - Assurances - Social network - Sharing tasks - Sharing activities - Support - Conflict management - Avoidance - Humor
Relationship maintenance strategies
Legitimate power
Accommodation
Instigating conflict
14. Acting constructively in the face of attack - Involves direct and indirect approaches as well
Power strategies
Fate control
Accommodation
Deceiver's distrust
15. 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
Relational devaluation
Dialects
Behavior control
Relationship maintenance strategies
16. Involves efforts to 'stay cool' and avoid feeling angry or embarrassed by refusing to dwell on the unfairness of the situation
Dialects
Key ingredients of forgiveness
Self-reliance
Catching a liar
17. The degree to which others consider their relationships with us to be valuable
Relational evaluation
Social power
Fate control
Reasons for being jealous
18. Sincere apology and empathy from victim
Key ingredients of forgiveness
Deceiver's distrust
Coercive power
Betrayal
19. The ability to influence the behavior of others and to resist their influence on us
Accommodation
Coercive power
Social power
Self-bolstering
20. Response to a realistic danger in past - present or future
Key ingredients of forgiveness
Informational power
Mismatch
Reactive jealousy
21. Being ignored; cold shoulder - Used to avoid confrontation or calm down after conflict - threatens need to belong - leaves people angry and in the dark
Power strategies
Mismatch
Accommodation
Ostracism
22. 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
Showing understanding skill
Fate control
Dialects
Legitimate power
23. Say your side and work toward a common solution - Involves direct and indirect approaches as well
Instigating conflict
Fate control
Power strategies
Negotiation
24. Giving a boost to one's self-esteem by doing something nice for oneself and thinking about one's good qualities
Referent power
Self-bolstering
Self-reliance
Good liars
25. Apparent decreases in others' regard for us
Instigating conflict
Relational devaluation
Attributional conflict
Relationship maintenance strategies
26. 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
Power strategies
Self-reliance
Sources of Power
Instigating conflict
27. 'You have info that I need or want - so I will do what you ask of me.'
Forgiveness
Fate control
Relationship maintenance strategies
Informational power
28. By changing your own behavior - you can influence the behavior of a partner E.g. romantic relationship
Behavior control
Betrayal
Reasons for being jealous
Sources of Power
29. 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)
Relational evaluation
Referent power
Key ingredients of forgiveness
Power strategies
30. High social skills - Not much to lose - An unattractive target
Good liars
Showing understanding skill
Relationship maintenance strategies
Relational evaluation
31. 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
Behavior control
Coercive power
Forgiveness
Mismatch
32. 'I love you - so I will do what you ask of me.'
Referent power
Good liars
Reactive jealousy
Legitimate power
33. 'If you don't do what I want - I will punish you by X.'
Catching a liar
Coercive power
Reward power
Deceiver's distrust
34. 'You have a reasonable right to tell me what to do and I feel compelled to do it.'
Self-bolstering
Conflict skills & tips
Catching a liar
Legitimate power
35. 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
Expression skill
Fate control
Good liars
Conflict skills & tips
36. It is reproductively advantageous to keep outsiders from the relationship
Relational evaluation
Legitimate power
Reasons for being jealous
Negotiation