We form human relationships for:

• ATTRACTION
• REWARDS
• INTIMACY

Intimacy in relationships can be:

• EMOTIONAL
• FINANCIAL

When each person in the relationship sees the roles enacted the same way as the other individual, the relationship has:

• A mutuality of definition

Types of dialectical tension can be:

• Openness/closeness
• Novelty/predictability
• Autonomy/connection

When one person in a relationship ignores the other person in the relationship without realizing it, this is known as:

• Benign Neglect (when you don’t realize what you are doing)

   

• Also Know:

• (Chronic Neglect is purposefully done)

• (Male standpoint: intimacy once, for status)

• (Female Standpoint: intimacy rewarded over and over, not for status)

A group decision-making skill which is used for creativity is known as: 

• Brainstorming

The three key variables to group work are:

• Input
• Process
• Output

 The group that dealt with the Cuban Missile Crisis was known as:

• ExCom- stands for executive committee of the National Security Council

• Also Know:
• (The Warren Commission investigated the assassination of JFK)

The first thing a group must do is to:

• Identify and define the problem

The term for “sharing of knowledge” and the reason groups are used is known as:

•  Interdependent thinking

• Also know:
• (Groupthink: when a group comes to a decision to avoid conflict)

 If a group has too many procedures to follow, it can fall victim to:

• Analysis paralysis

Groups are ALWAYS better at making decisions than individuals.

• False

• Information Underload

An example of HOT media would be:

• Radio

• That media tell people how to act and in many cases they do. (Correlation does not always equal causation, but it can

 Four crucial variables to understanding the media are:

• Selection
• emphasis
• exclusion
• elaboration

The basis of the Uses and Gratification Theory is:

• People have the ability for independent and critical thinking.

 Which variable(s) pertain to Cultivation Theory?

• Mainstreaming (people get bombarded with messages from the media)
• Resonance

How many women are stalked by intimate partners each year?

• 1 million

In its early days, the Internet was mainly used for:

• (when the web was first established, it was not as sophisticated as it is now) Gaining access to print media stories.

Who writes more formally?

•  Media Journalists (Bloggers write more informally)

 The “digital divide” refers to:

• The gap between people who have access to the Internet and those who don’t

 People use the Internet to make decisions on political issues.

• True (sometimes Internet sources are not always that credible)

 The key difference between what traditional print media and digital media can provide is the use of:

• Hyperlinks (endless chain of information)

  Probably one downside of the Internet is that:

• It has been a great hunting ground for sexual predators.