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The notion that there is no single causal factor for dysfunctional communication in a system is known as: |
| | A) | Homeostasis |
| | B) | Cybernetics |
| | C) | Deviation-amplification |
| | D) | Equifinality |
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When Susan tells her husband, Alan, how she wants the household chores to be divided, he accepts her demands without argument. With respect to this issue, Susan and Alan's relationship is: |
| | A) | Analogical |
| | B) | Symmetrical |
| | C) | Complementary |
| | D) | Paradoxical |
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A primary difference between the "material dialectics" of Hegel and Marx and the "relational dialectics" approach is that: |
| | A) | Material dialectics emphasizes the necessity of resolving contradictions; relational dialectics does not |
| | B) | Relational dialectics is centrally concerned with structural sources of oppression; material dialectic is not |
| | C) | Material dialectics stresses interrelationships among multiple sets of contradictions; relational dialectics does not |
| | D) | There are no real differences between material dialectics and relational dialectics |
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The most central dialectic in relationships is: |
| | A) | The connection-autonomy dialectic |
| | B) | The certainty-uncertainty dialectic |
| | C) | The openness-closedness dialectic |
| | D) | The predictability-novelty dialectic |
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Five axioms make up the central argument of the Pragmatics book, including all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | "One cannot not communicate" |
| | B) | Human beings communicate both digitally and analogically |
| | C) | Symmetry and complementary in interaction |
| | D) | Coding interactional sequences |
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Hegel and Marx outlined a philosophical approach that has come to be known as material dialectics. This approach is structured into the following elements: |
| | A) | synthesis, thesis, and antithesis |
| | B) | thesis, synthesis, and counterthesis |
| | C) | antithesis, counterthesis, and |
| | D) | hypothesis, antithesis, synthesis |
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Many theorists have explained the nature of contradiction in relational dialectics by contrasting the concepts of a __________ and a __________. |
| | A) | judgment, acceptance |
| | B) | dualism, dialectic |
| | C) | totality, process |
| | D) | praxis, process |
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__________ refers to the notion that the contradictions in a relationship are part of a unified whole and cannot be understood in isolation. |
| | A) | Process |
| | B) | Totality |
| | C) | Praxis |
| | D) | Dialectic |
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The praxis patterns in relational dialectics include all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | a denial pattern |
| | B) | a segmentation pattern |
| | C) | a balance pattern |
| | D) | an affirmation pattern |
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__________ communication does not have a clear and agreed-upon syntax but can communicate powerful meanings about relationships. |
| | A) | Digital |
| | B) | Analogic |
| | C) | Relational |
| | D) | Punctuation |
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