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Personal Development Test Notes (Chapter 10-12) Contemporary Living Textbook
Chapter 10
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Body language uses body movements to communicate inner feelings.
2.
Offering no sign of hearing or understanding a message is passive listening.
3.
Feedback is communicating to another person how you feel about what was said.
4.
Communication involves a sender and a receiver of messages.
5.
You statements are not good to use when problems exist in a group or relationship.
6.
Sexual harassment often occurs in schools.
7.
Listeners who read meanings into what is being said and feel like they are being attacked are
know as defensive listeners.
8.
If you want to improve communication with your parents, you should use I-messages as you take
responsibility for the feelings you are stating.
9.
Sexual harassment is sometimes confused with flirting or teasing.
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Writing a letter is an example of verbal communication.
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Violence is negative communication that is a learned behavior.
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Employers have the right to demand certain standards of grooming as they evaluate job
applicants.
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Verbal communication is using words to send and receive messages.
14.
Communication is any means by which you share a message with another person.
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Conflict resolution is a way of resolving problems in a positive way.
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When you cross your arms across your chest, you are setting up barriers to further communication.
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Teens often join gangs because they seek structure and discipline, which they think is a sign of power.
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Boys sometimes misinterpret girls’ behavior as sexual even though this is not intended.
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Conflict resolution includes active listening in a risk-free environment.
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An example of the weakest level of communication, which is often called the cliché level, is “How are
you?”
The process of seeing things from another person’s view is known as empathy.
Lack of trust is often mentioned as a problem between parents and teens. Teens can help solve this
problem by demonstrating that they can be trusted by fulfilling everyday obligations and being honest with
their parents.
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Indicating in various ways that you have received a message is active listening.
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Expressing your feelings directly asking for what you want and refusing what you don’t want is being
assertive.
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Bullying is a form of violence that inflicts physical, verbal, or emotional abuse on another person.
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Sympathy means that you feel as another person feels when he or she is upset or sad.
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You-messages are usually accusing and blaming, and they can hinder communication.
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Thumping fingers is a sign of tenseness.
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Assertiveness in communication means you express your feelings honestly and directly.
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Using factors other than words to communicate is nonverbal communication.
CHAPTER 11
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Infatuation is a foolish, extreme attraction that does not last.
2.
Abstinence is saying no to sexual relations.
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“Going out” is the same as steady dating.
4.
Your friendships will vary through the years.
5.
Physical attraction is a component of love.
6.
Some risk taking can be harmful.
7.
Starting to date others immediately is not one of the best things to do when you break up with
someone.
8.
True love is sharing and giving, lasting and protective, and physical attraction is a component of
love.
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Intimacy does not necessarily mean sexual intimacy, it means you accept another person as he
or she is, and is a feeling of warm friendship.
10.
Group dating can involve any number of people.
11.
Rape victims sometimes feel they are to blame.
12.
When you need to say no to sex, it is helpful if you do so firmly, but with respect.
13.
Self-disclosure means you are willing to share significant information about yourself with another
person.
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Being attracted to and repelled by someone at the same time is ambivalence.
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Intimacy is a sense of familiarity that develops over a long and close association.
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Most young people begin dating in informal group settings.
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The most common reason people give for having had premarital sex is, “We thought we were in
love.”
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Jealous love is a negative type of love.
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When you break up, it is best to share the blame for the breakup.
20.
A relationship may need to end if the couple differ on personal values.
21.
Some people seek physical expressions of affection from others to prove their femininity or
masculinity.
22.
Infatuation inspires selfish thoughts and actions.
23.
The following causes confusion for teens concerning sexual feelings: they may not know the
facts about teenage sexual behavior, they may not have correct information concernng sexual
development, and they receive mixed messages from the media, their parents, and others in
authority.
24.
True love is total communication and commitment between two people.
25.
The belief that boys will always behave differently than girls in sexual matters is known as a
double standard.
26.
Rape is any sexual intimacy forced on one person by another.
27.
A possessive love that cuts the loved one off from other people is known as jealous love.
28.
Unreturned love can become a form of harassment if the person persists on forcing unwanted
expressions of love on another.
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People who have dated are likely to be more successful marriage partners.
30.
Most people would rather know the reason for a breakup even though it might hurt to find out.
31.
People today are marrying at a later age.
CHAPTER 12
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Spouses can share many roles in a marriage.
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In general, marriages have a greater chance of success when parents approve of them.
34.
The older you are when you marry, the less likely you are to divorce.
35.
An atheist is one who denies the existence of a god.
36.
The type of mixed marriage in which the spouses come from different countries is called an
international marriage.
37.
Cosmopolitan describes a society composed of people from a variety of countries around the
world.
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If you have been raised in a loving home with high ethical standards, you will tend to seek a
spouse with whom you can create a similar home.
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The mate selection theory of parent image is apparent when a person chooses to marry a
person like one of their parents.
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People who marry at very young ages are more likely than older couples to have financial
problems.
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In today’s society family member’s roles are becoming more varied.
42.
Marriages are more likely to be happy if the couple shares similar values.
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Role expectations are belies about the tasks and responsibilities that a spouse should perform.
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The type of marriage in which the partners are of different races is an interracial marriage.
45.
A force in mate selection in which couples seek partners who make up for areas in which they
feel weak is known as complementary needs.
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A theist is one who believes a god exists.
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Partners in international marriages must blend different cultural backgrounds and traditions.
48.
Generally, couples who have had similar levels of education share and communicate more than
couples with dissimilar levels of education.
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Generally, couples who spend much of their leisure time together have strong marriages.
50.
Mixed marriages involve partners of different countries, races, or religious faiths.
51.
A force in mate selection in which couples seek partners with qualities similar to those of their
parents is known as parent image.
52.
The type of marriage in which the partners have different religious backgrounds and beliefs is
known as interfaith marriage.
53.
Proximity is the force in spouse selection emphasizing the nearness of two prospective spouses
to one another.
54.
Usually, the biggest problem facing an interfaith marriage with children is the question of the
children’s religious training.
55.
Experts do not encourage situations in which one spouse drops out of school in order to work so
the other spouse can stay in school.
56.
The theory of similarity is shown when you choose a spouse much like yourself.
57.
Shared leisure-time activities allow a couple to live more creative, abundant lives, grow and
improve their relationship and experience companionship.
58.
Compared to less healthy people, persons who are mentally and physically healthy tend to have
an easier time resolving areas of marital stress.
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A theist-atheist marriage is one in which one spouse believes in God and the other spouse does
not.
ESSAY: Briefly discuss the influence of parental approval in spouse selection, noting possible problems
that might arise when parents do not approve of the marriage. (pg. 293)