Exam 1: Love and Why It Matters

Discuss how the capacity for human love and intimacy is both a biological and a social-cultural phenomenon.

Which of the following is NOT a key aspect of interdependence in relationships?

In a study of 4,800 U.S.households (Rank & Hirschl,1999),children with unmarried parents were more likely to experience severe poverty compared to black children or children with heads of household who completed less than 12 years of school.What can we conclude from this study?

You are asked to appear on a radio talk show to discuss arranged marriages.Given the research discussed in the text,what would you say about the nature of arranged marriages,how rates of arranged marriages are changing,and what the consequences are of those changes? What differences would you expect to find between arranged marriages and "love" marriages and why?

Diana,who is 4 years old,has been biting and scratching her playmates in preschool.What might you suspect as a possible cause of this behavior?

Intimate relationships are implicated in the mechanisms of evolution because the ways in which individuals attract and select each other as mates appear to have direct or indirect consequences on

After dating for two years,Yayoi and her partner,Tom,recently became engaged.Yayoi is participating in a study where she is asked to describe what she believes are the defining features of love.Based on material presented in the text,what essential attributes would you expect Yayoi to describe?

Contrast how love is experienced and perceived in individualistic societies,such as in the United States,and in collectivist societies,such as China.

Discuss the importance and significance of oxytocin in human bonding.

According to your textbook authors,by examining relationship quality,researchers can hope to answer the critical question: Why do relationships sometimes thrive and sometimes falter? Define what is meant by relationship quality,and briefly discuss why it is important to try to answer this question.

Dale and Jonathon met a year ago in an introductory chemistry class.Being psychology majors,they were both nervous about taking chemistry as an elective.They ended up sharing notes and studying together,and they did well in the course.Since then,Dale and Jonathon have kept in touch and occasionally go out together on the weekend.Which of the following best characterizes Dale and Jonathon's relationship?

What conclusions can we draw from interviews conducted with more than 10,000 Chinese couples on understanding associations between types of marriages and relationship satisfaction?

According to your textbook,relationship quality

According to the textbook,family disruptions cost the United Kingdom approximately $58 billion per year in housing,social services,crime,and lost tax revenue.This is an example of

Impersonal relationships tend to be ________,whereas personal relationships tend to be ________.

Your friend Yayoi recently started dating someone new.Which of the following is NOT one of the features you would look for if you were trying to determine whether she and her new partner have formed an intimate relationship?

Pei-Pei just met Samuel,and,when they are together,she feels a surge of excitement and sexual desire.What is the likely biological cause of these feelings?

The nature of marriage in Western culture has been changing over the past few hundred years.Briefly describe some of the changes,as well as the consequences-positive and negative-for the individual,the family,and society.

You participate in a study where researchers scan your brain using MRI technology while you look at a picture of your intimate partner.Researchers should see increased activity in areas of your brain associated with

In an MRI study,women were told they would either have a 20 percent chance of electric shock after being shown a red X on a video monitor or no chance of electric shock after being shown a blue O while holding hands with an intimate partner,a stranger,or no one.What did the authors of the study find?