Ch. 12 Psych 420

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1. Research suggests that, compared to people who never get married, people who marry

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a. live longer.

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2. Social psychologists have identified several different types of love. So-called "romantic love" is referred to as

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a. passionate love

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3. Social psychologists have identified several different types of love. So-called "affectionate love" is referred to as

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b. companionate love.

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4. Compared to people who are single, married people

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a. have sex more frequently.

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5. According to Sternberg's triangle theory of love, the three ingredients in love are passion, commitment, and __________.

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a. intimacy

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6. Samantha and her friend Felicity are extremely close, and treat one another like sisters. When Felicity was broke, for example, Samantha let her stay at her apartment for several months without charging rent. When Samantha was in the hospital for a knee surgery, Felicity brought her movies, food, and other gifts nearly every day. Social psychologists would say that Samantha and Felicity have a(n) __________ relationship.

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a. communal

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7. In most work relationships, people only help one another if they are manifestly paid for their services, or if they expect a direct favor in return. Such relationships are known as

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a. exchange relationships.

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8. When it comes to close interpersonal relations, __________ relationships tend to be more mature, and more indicative of long-term success, than __________ relationships.

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b. communal, exchange

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9. Research on attachment styles, as first described by John Bowlby with reference to infants, identified __________ main types of attachments.

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a. three

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10. In John Bowlby's research on infant attachment styles, infants who were emotionally distant, slow to trust others, and unwilling to depend on others were said to have an __________ attachment style.

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c. avoidant

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11. In recent formulations of attachment theory, the attachment style known as "anxious" or "anxious/ambivalent" has been renamed

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d. preoccupied.

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12. Ahmed is very socially anxious, often believing no one would want to be friends with him. Because he believes he is unlovable, even when a relationship starts he tries to keep the partner at a safe distance so as not to be hurt. Ahmed probably has a(n) attachment.

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d. fearful avoidant

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13. People with a(n) __________ attachment style tend to have more lifetime sexual partners than others.

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b. preoccupied

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14. Research on narcissism suggests that

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d. too much self-love detracts from loving others.

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15. Does social psychological research support the popular notion that "first you must love yourself, and only then you are ready to love someone else?" Why or why not?

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d. Not really—although extreme self-love and extreme self-hate seem to negatively impact relationship outcomes, there are no major differences in relationship outcomes between those with high self-esteem and those with low self-esteem.

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16. Research on long-term relationships indicates that people tend to perceive that their relationship satisfaction is __________ year after year, when in reality their relationship satisfaction is __________ across time.

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a. increasing, constant

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17. Roxanne and Paul have been married for nine years, but have recently begun to have marital problems. Indeed, their relationship has taken a real downturn, and seems to be in the process of deteriorating. According to the textbook, if Roxanne and Paul are like most couples, then how likely is it that their relationship will get back on track?

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a. Generally speaking, their relationship is unlikely to get back on track, as it is unusual for a couple to restore a healthy relationship once it has begun a downward spiral.

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18. Which of the following theoretical frameworks makes use of three factors—satisfaction, alternatives, and investments—to explain why people stay with their long-term relationship partners?

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c. The investment model

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19. Emile is very satisfied with his lover, Genevieve, and they have been together for many years. But he is constantly investigating other “alternatives” to her by going to singles bars and having his profile up on online dating sites. What would the investment model predict about the stability of this relationship?

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d. The relationship may break up because of high availability of alternatives.

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20. Which of the following relationships has the highest “sunk costs”?

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c. Kara and Adam, who have been together for years.

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21. Compared to couples who are unhappy, happy couples tend to make use of a(n) __________ attributional style when explaining their spouse's behaviors.

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a. relationship-enhancing

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22. If Alexis engages in a distress-maintaining style of attribution when explaining her husband Tim's behavior, then she will make __________ attributions for Tim's achievements and __________ attributions for Tim's failures.

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c. external, internal

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23. Suppose that Walter is a happily married man. If he is like most happily married men, then, when asked to rate the attractiveness of various other women, he is MOST likely to devalue (rate as less attractive than they really are)

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a. attractive single women who are his age.

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24. Couples who are experiencing passionate love tend to have __________ views of one another.

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a. overly positive, idealized

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25. Research by Murray and Holmes suggests that people who their partner’s bad points and their partner’s good points have the happiest relationships.

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a. downplay, emphasize

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26. The so-called "Coolidge effect" refers to the sexually arousing power

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b. of a new sexual partner (as opposed to a familiar sexual partner).

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27. Research indicates that __________ of both men and women believe that extramarital sex is almost always wrong.

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a. over 90%

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28. Married people who engage in extramarital sex are __________ to end up getting a divorce than married people who don't.

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d. about twice as likely

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29. Research on sexual jealousy suggests that it is

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a. to some degree deeply rooted in human nature.

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30. Gunther is surrounded by attractive, available women at work. Based on research discussed in the Money Matters feature in your text, Gunther is likely to

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c. want money more than if the women were unattractive.

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31. When people suspect that their spouses have been cheating on them, they are often correct. However, among cohabitating partners, approximately are wrong (they think their spouse is cheating when in fact their spouse has not cheated).

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d. 20%

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32. Suppose that Roger is an accountant and his girlfriend, Paula, is a statistician. And suppose that Paula has had a number of affairs during the course of their relationship. Given the research on sexual jealousy, which of the following affairs—if he found out about it—would Roger be MOST upset about (i.e., which person would he be MOST jealous of)?

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b. Her affair with Terrence, a hotshot accountant.