Relationship uncertainty and conflict increase propinquity.

Extractive information gathering strategies include asking a shared network of friends about a person. 

According to social penetration, relationship development occurs through a layered process where we gradually gain more personal information about another person. 

Which of the following is an example of an interactive information gathering strategy?

According to the communication theory of identity frames, the frame in which we assume multiple roles such as parent, child, spouse, friend, student, employee, etc. is called the ________ frame.

Passive information gathering strategies include watching how someone interacts with others, drawing comparisons to friends, and observing a person’s less inhibited responses. 

Deindividuation is a cognitive state of increased self-awareness and decreased awareness of anyone outside of oneself. 

Which of the following is an example of multiple identity performances within a virtual identity?

Patrick and Jake are having a conversation through facetime with each other and can clearly see each other during the interaction. This is an example of visual anonymity.

Social copresence describes the perception that the other person in a mediated relationship feels a mutual emotional closeness.