Exam 9: Beliefs and Values

Endorsing a statement such as ÒA partner should know what you are thinking or feeling without you having to tellÓ is related to:

Cultural differences in beliefs about relationships may help explain:

6.Caelen and Sarah are seeing a therapist to try to deal with several issues in their relationship: Caelen would like their relationship to be closer, but Sarah values her independence; related to this, Sarah is comfortable with few expressions of affection in their relationship, whereas Caelen likes to express affection frequently. Which standards are a source of problems for Caelen and Sarah? Which standards described in the textbook are NOT a source of problems for the couple?

Sandra Murray and colleagues (2003) asked married couples to report on their relationships every day for 21 days and then examined how the events of one day were associated with each partner's feelings and behaviors on subsequent days. What best describes the findings of this study?

________ refers to the collected beliefs and values of a society.

Luca believes intimate relationships are meant to be passionate, but he acknowledges that he and his partner will need work in developing this passion over time. This is best characterized as a ________ theory about relationships.

8.Nayanna says, ÒI want a relationship that sweeps me off my feet.Ó According to the ideal standards model, how might this impact Nayanna's satisfaction in her current relationship?

Snyder and his colleagues studied telephone conversations between unacquainted men and women. The men were led to believe their conversation partners were either physically attractive or physically unattractive. The men who thought they were talking to an attractive partner behaved in a friendlier manner during the conversation; interestingly, the women on the other end of the conversation also behaved in a friendlier manner, even though they did not know which photo their partners had seen. This best illustrates:

12.When considering factors that determine people's beliefs and values about relationships, why is it important to distinguish between influences that are more distant from the individual and influences that are specific to the individual?

3.Rusbult and her colleagues developed a framework for four broad classes of beliefs about relationships, based on what people believe about the role of passion in relationships and their beliefs about the possibility of change and growth in relationships. Describe these four broad classes.

In intimate relationships, a standard can be conceptualized as:

________ refer to predictions about what is likely to happen in a particular relationship.

Samuel believes that relationships are either destined to succeed or destined to fail. This belief predicts which of the following relationship characteristics?

9.Contrast perceptual and behavioral confirmation, and indicate how each can affect relationship experiences.

5.What are standards in intimate relationships? How can we understand standards from a social exchange perspective?

Janelle believes intimate relationships should be like business partnerships, with expectations for the relationship clearly laid out. This is best characterized as a ________ theory about relationships.

Dion believes that what he does is unlikely to effectively bring about changes in his unhappy marriage and that he has little responsibility for what happens in his relationship. Dion has a(n):

One of your friends, Micah, says the best way to approach relationships is to expect the best, because then you are more likely to achieve it. Another friend, David, says the best approach is to expect little from relationships, so that you will not be disappointed. Based on what you learned in the beliefs and values chapter, how would you respond to these two friends?

Standard is to ________ as ideal is to ________.

People with a(n) ________ locus of control relative to their marriages believe they are responsible for the outcomes they experience in the marriage; in contrast, people with a(n) ________ locus of control believe they have little responsibility for what happens in the marriage.