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1

A monologic approach considers contradictions to be:
A)two separate entities
B)multiple points of view playing off each other
C)either/or relationships
D)the basis for conflict
2

A dualistic approach considers contradictions to be:
A)two separate entities
B)either/or relationships
C)multiple points of view playing off each other
D)the basis for conflict
3

A dialectic approach considers contradictions to be:
A)two separate entities
B)multiple points of view playing off each other
C)either/or relationships
D)the basis for conflict
4

A central assumption of Relational Dialectics Theory (RDT) is that relationships are NOT:
A)changeable
B)contradictory
C)uncertain
D)linear
5

Totality, a key element of RDT, means that people in a relationship are:
A)balanced
B)interdependent
C)coordinated
D)conflictual
6

In RDT, the notion that humans are choice makers is called:
A)contradiction
B)motion
C)conflict
D)praxis
7

Although there are probably countless dialectic tensions in relationships, three common interactional dialectics are:
A)Autonomy-connection, openness-protection, and novelty-predictability
B)Autonomy-connection, separateness-bondedness, and private-public
C)Autonomy-connection, closeness-individuation, and self-disclosure-silence
D)Autonomy-connection, closeness-separateness, and stability-chaos
8

William Rawlins refers to a tension between lived experience and idealized experience (as pictured in the movies, for example) as a(n):
A)interactional dialectic
B)relational dialectic
C)contextual dialectic
D)cognitive dialectic
9

Baxter refers to the process, in which people deal with dialectic tension by featuring one pole some times while alternating with the other pole at other times, as:
A)cyclic alternation
B)segmentation
C)selection
D)integration
10

Baxter refers to the process, in which people deal with dialectic tension by isolating separate arenas for emphasizing each of the opposites, as:
A)cyclic alternation
B)segmentation
C)selection
D)integration
11

Baxter refers to the process, in which people deal with dialectic tension by making a choice between the opposites, as:
A)cyclic alternation
B)segmentation
C)selection
D)integration







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