_____ refers to the competing psychological tensions that exist in any relationship.
a. Relational maintenance
b. Media multiplexity
c. Relational dialectics
d. Relationship transformation
c. Relational dialectics
Relational dialectics refers to the competing psychological tensions that exist in any relationship. Three dialectics common to most relationships are the tugs between autonomy and connection, openness and closedness, and novelty and predictability.
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Staff working in the bakery tend to become so used to the smell of baking bread that they do not notice it. This is called _____
A. smell blindness B. smell memory C. smell adaptation D. smell overload
Developing an ear involves discrimination which means:
a. being able to visualize the connotations of the sounds for the audience. b. the ability to shut out all sounds but the one you are listening to and to hear one sound among many. c. being able to hear the difference between compressed and uncompressed audio files. d. the ability to ignore all visual impulses when listening to sound and audio.
Rules theorists view our behavior as being restricted by all of the following conditions EXCEPT
A. cultural and social conditions B. the previous choices we have made C. the choices of others D. economic conditions
Which of the following theories argues that media don't do things to people; rather, people do things with media?
A. attitude change theory B. limited effects theory C. agenda setting theory D. uses and gratifications theory