Read each question carefully and select the best answer.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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A central assumption of Relational Dialectics Theory (RDT) is that relationships are NOT: |
| | A) | changeable |
| | B) | contradictory |
| | C) | uncertain |
| | D) | linear |
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Totality, a key element of RDT, means that people in a relationship are: |
| | A) | balanced |
| | B) | interdependent |
| | C) | coordinated |
| | D) | conflictual |
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In RDT, the notion that humans are choice makers is called: |
| | A) | contradiction |
| | B) | motion |
| | C) | conflict |
| | D) | praxis |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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