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

The tendency to condemn men more than women for the same sexual behavior is called a(n)____.

Which relationship has the highest "sunk costs"? ​

In recent formulations of attachment theory, researchers have suggested that there are two dimensions involved in attachments. These are ____. ​

Nina and Harish have been dating for several months. Initially, they would have sex quite often, but as time passed, Harish did not want to have sex as frequently as used to. During a college fest, Harish meets another woman, Lily, and strikes up a friendship with her. He finds that he wants to have sex with Lily, although he does not feel that way with Nina. In this scenario, Harish's sexual attraction to Lily can be explained by the _____.

When people suspect that their spouse has been cheating on them, they are right MOST of the time.

Ramon and Edith have been married for 60 years. A local news station interviews them on their anniversary, and they both say that their relationship keeps getting better and better every year. What does longitudinal research on marital relationships say about how marital relationships change over time?

Which theoretical framework makes use of three factors-satisfaction, alternatives, and investments-to explain why people stay with their long-term relationship partners?

Research on gender differences in the sex drive has found that ____.

People tend to view their own relationship infidelities as ____. ​

Modern societies have apparently thrived on ____ relationships, which seem to promote achievement, increase wealth, and ultimately drive societal progress.

A man who likes oral sex will probably enjoy it ____.

According to Sternberg's triangular theory of love as a framework, companionate love emphasizes ____.

Chris and David are happily married to their respective wives, but Chris tends to look at other women-attractive single women who are potential alternative prospects-when he is at bars and clubs. Does this mean that Chris's marriage is less likely to last than David's?

Rusbult and her colleagues developed a theory called the ____, with three factors-satisfaction, quality of available alternatives, and how much the individual has invested in the relationship.

When men look at pictures of ____, they tend to want to take less money immediately rather than more money later. When men look at pictures of ____, they tend to want to take more money later rather than less money immediately. ​

If Ann engages in a relationship-enhancing style of attribution when explaining her husband Tom ' s behavior, then she will make ____ attributions for Tom ' s achievements and ____ attributions for Tom ' s failures.

Faith and Antonio have been dating for nearly a year and are very much in love. If they are like MOST couples, their passionate love ____.

Suppose you meet a psychologist at a party who says that she studied under one of the most well-known developmental psychologists of the World War II era-a man who helped to formulate early work on attachment theory. Thinking back to your reading on attachment theory, you would be correct to reply, "Of course, you must be speaking of ____."

People in committed romantic relationships are ____ in the long run.

Some research has suggested that women eat less than usual when they are in the presence of an attractive male. They seem to do this because ____.