FAD 2230 Exam 2 Practice Questions and Correct Answers
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Course
FAD 2230
Institution
FAD 2230
Communication the process of exchanging and interpreting ideas and feelings
Communicator person who creates and sends the message; individual is a total system; what we wear, body presence, facial expressions, mannerisms, and tone of voice are all forms of info about the communicator
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FAD 2230 Exam 2 Practice Questions
and Correct Answers
Communication ✅the process of exchanging and interpreting ideas and feelings
Communicator ✅person who creates and sends the message; individual is a total
system; what we wear, body presence, facial expressions, mannerisms, and tone of
voice are all forms of info about the communicator
Message ✅Unit of information transmitted between sender and receiver; message
may contain thoughts, feelings, ideas, suggestions, and commands; prepared/encoded
by the communicator
Medium ✅way a message is presented to the recipient; talking, TV, texts, notes,
emails, etc...; message is often determined by the medium (to a degree)
Recipient ✅the receiver of the message; interprets the message based on his/her
personality, life experiences, and relational context
Conflict ✅Requires two options/choices; incompatibility, disagreement, opposition,
battle/struggle
Solvable Conflicts ✅conflict or problem that has a solution EX: cutting the grass
Perpetual Conflicts ✅conflict or problem within a relationship that can never be solved
EX: having children
Avoiding Conflict ✅When people feel uncomfortable being mad so they do something
else instead like over eating or gossiping
Passive Aggression ✅When a person expresses anger at someone but does so
indirectly i.e. chronic, criticism, nagging, sarcasm, forms of sabotage
Sabotage ✅one partner attempts to spoil or undermine some activity the other has
planned
Diaplacement ✅a person directs anger at the people or things that other cherish
Contempt ✅characteristics by the intent to insult or abuse your partner emotionally EX:
rolling your eyes or mocking them
Criticism ✅attacking personality rather than the specific behavior
, Defensiveness ✅defending yourself from a personal attack, will escalate an argument
*Human instinct to be defensive
Stonewalling ✅a person refuses to listen to their partner's complaints or stories
(physically or emotionally) Physically: I'm leaving/hanging up on your; Mentally: I'm
done with this convo/looking like you're not listening
Belligerence ✅behavior that is provocative and that challenges the spouses power and
authority; added later to Four Horsemen EX: "what are you going to do if I do that, break
up with me?"
Report Talk ✅conversation aimed mainly at conveying information; men usually
engage in this form of commutation; men will get to point quicker in convo
Rapport Talk ✅speaking to gain or reinforce rapport or intimacy; women usually
engage in this form of communication; process people's thoughts and feelings, ask
questions
PREP ✅Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program; relationship information
and communication skills (skills have to be practiced to make an improvement)
Purpose for Marriage ✅Race: mutual benefit and fulfillment
Ineffective ways of complaining ✅Mind reading, name calling, blaming
Communication danger signs ✅Escalation, put downs/invalidations,
avoidance/withdrawl
Taking a time out ✅method used to de-escalate a situation, tell the other person "we
need to take a time out" then you go do something relaxing and don't ruminate before
readdressing the problem; time out should never be used for an extended period of time
or it is no longer a healthy resolution
What makes marriages work according to Scott Stanley? ✅good friendship, ability to
handle an issue well, clear sense of commitment
What makes marriages work according to Gottman? ✅being gentle with problems and
taking responsibility for your actions; conflict is not necessarily a bad thing
Age at marriage ✅Women: 25-26
Men: 28-29
Increasing since 1960
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