Exam 12: Close Relationships: Passion, Intimacy, and Sexuality

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Which type of love is most likely to seem like a temporary state of insanity and, in fact, was viewed by Europeans, in bygone centuries, as a form of mental imbalance?

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Is passionate love merely a product of Western culture?

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Across society, ____ relationships seem the most powerful for driving progress and increasing wealth. ​

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Current research on passionate love suggests that ____.

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Social psychologists use the term ________________ to refer to the fact that a man cannot be sure that children born to his female partner are genetically his.

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

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When couples make internal attributions for one another ' s successes and external attributions for one another ' s failures, then they are said to be making use of ____.

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Among cohabitating partners, slightly more than ____ think their partner is cheating when in fact their partner was not unfaithful.

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Regarding oneself as a reasonably good person "as is" is known as ____. ​

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John Bowlby's interest in attachment began in the context of ____. ​

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According to the evolutionary theory of sexuality, women are more likely than men to ____.

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Recent cross-cultural work suggests that passionate love is merely a product of Western culture.

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Research has shown that women often eat less than usual when in the presence of others. In general, they tend to eat particularly little when in the presence of an ____. ​

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People who trust their partners more can take more responsibility for conflicts because they are confident that the partner will act in their best interests in general.

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Satisfaction is generally not very high in abusive relationships, but many abuse victims believe that they have no alternatives.

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Abdul, a college student, is interested in having sex with his classmate, Fiona. But she seems disinterested and sends mixed signals whenever Abdul asks her out on a date. According to the evolutionary theory, what could be the most likely reason for Fiona's disinterest?

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While exchange relationships are based on a norm of ____, communal relationships are based on a norm of ____. ​

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Ricardo is an accountant and his girlfriend, April, is a statistician. April has had a number of sexual affairs during the course of their relationship, with women as well as men. Given the research on sexual jealousy, which of the following affairs-if he found out about it-would Ricardo be most upset about?

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Janine just broke up with her girlfriend, with whom she had a six-month-long lesbian relationship. However, Janine does not identify exclusively as lesbian. According to Diamond's research on sexuality, which of the following statements is true?

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A successful long-term relationship typically depends on making a smooth transition from ____ to ____. ​

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