Stagnant Relationships and Stage 9 in a Relationship

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In a stagnant relationship, what stage involves avoiding each other physically?

Stage 9: Differentiating

Stage 10: Integrating

Stage 9: Circumscribing (correct)

Stage 10: Bonding

What stage of relational dialectics involves the tension between one person's desire for independence and the other's need for closeness?

Autonomy vs. Connection (correct)

Integration vs. Separation

Openness vs. Protection

Differentiation vs. Circumscription

How do people usually communicate avoidance in a relationship during the avoiding stage?

Engaging in physical distancing (correct)

Exchanging summary statements about the past

Discussing it openly with their partner

Planning a final encounter for closure

Which stage of relationship development focuses on discussing the past, present, and future of the relationship?

Stage 10: Integrating Signup and view all the answers

What does the autonomy vs. connection dialectical tension involve?

Balancing independence and closeness Signup and view all the answers

During which stage of ending a relationship do partners often have an awkward exchange of summary statements about the past?

Terminating stage Signup and view all the answers

In conflict management, which approach involves pretending the problem isn't happening and avoiding confrontations?

Avoiding Signup and view all the answers

Which approach in conflict management involves giving up your goal to maintain a harmonious relationship without conflict?

Accommodation Signup and view all the answers

Which approach to managing conflict involves both parties changing their goals to reach a mutually acceptable solution?

Compromise Signup and view all the answers

In conflict management, which approach can lead to dramatic escalation and aggressive communication due to a focus on winning?

Competition Signup and view all the answers

Which approach in conflict management involves disregarding your own feelings and goals, potentially leading to resentment?

Accommodation Signup and view all the answers

Which conflict management approach includes avoiding confrontations by pretending the issue doesn't exist?

Avoiding Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a public ritual in the bonding stage of a relationship?

To signify a commitment made by you and your partner to each other Signup and view all the answers

During the circumscribing stage, what is a common behavior that might be observed in a relationship?

Ignoring problematic differences and talking less, sticking to safe topics Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes the differentiating stage of a relationship?

Unpleasant clashes over differing beliefs, attitudes, or values Signup and view all the answers

What is a key aspect of the integrating stage in a romantic relationship?

Cultivating shared attitudes, activities, and interests Signup and view all the answers

How do friends and family typically treat a couple in the integrating stage of a relationship?

They acknowledge the couple as a unit with shared interests Signup and view all the answers

In the stagnating stage of a relationship, what is a common assumption made by both partners?

'Communicating is pointless because it will only lead to further problems' Signup and view all the answers