Exam 12: Attraction, Love, and Communication

Lee is a 29-year-old single chartered accountant working for a national firm.Lee is originally from Vancouver,completed her accounting degree in Winnipeg and is now living and working in Toronto.Lee works long hours and many weekends so that she can try to move up in the firm quickly and request a transfer to the Vancouver firm to move home.Although she works with a blend of men and women in similar situations as her own,she believes that it is important to maintain professional relationships with her colleagues.When it comes to dating,Lee's situation reflects the

Last night Pat came home three hours late.At breakfast Corey said to Pat,"I feel frustrated sometimes when you are late.For example,last night I was worried when you didn't come home.I'm relieved you weren't in an accident,but I'm also really angry that you didn't call to tell me you would be late." Corey is doing something called _____.

Cross-cultural psychologists have identified two dimensions on which cultures vary on the meaning of love.What are they?

"Mm-that feels great,honey," is an example of positive reinforcement.

Explain the relationship that exists between the type of society (individualistic/collectivist)and the role of love as a prerequisite for marriage.Be sure to define your terms.

Which part of Sternberg's triangular theory of love makes a relationship last?

"Dismissing lovers" feel worthy of love and are generally accepting and responsive to love.

Identify and author and why she wrote,The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability.

When appraising jealous feelings,what is a constructive way to cope?

Jealousy is a raw emotional reaction.

A limit to the arguments of sociobiological theory comes from which of the following recent research findings?

What are intimate relationships characterized by?

People who meet through online dating sites are very likely to marry their online dating partner.

We tend to like and fall in love with those who are social opposites-homophily.

According to Berscheid and Walster's (1974)two-component theory of love,male subjects who have __________ are more likely to report attraction towards a pretty woman than those who have not

When Sandy tries to tell Mel about a problem,Mel turns away and starts watching television.What Mel did is called

Defining a concept by the way that it is measured is called _____.

Which term describes the action of intentionally insulting or orally abusing the other person in an interaction,according to Gottman (1994)?

Of the following online dating sites,which one uses a "matching" system that most closely maps onto researching findings on attractiveness?

A person from which of the following countries would most likely NOT value love as a prerequisite for marriage?