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

Which of the following BEST describes how people tend to view their own relationship infidelities?

Social psychologists have identified several different types of love. Which of the following types of love refers to strong feelings of longing, desire, and excitement toward a special person?

Many longitudinal studies that track couples across time have found that there are essentially two patterns: Some couples ____ and some couples ____.

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.

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.

Swann's (1985, 1987) research suggests that people want others to see them ____.

Suppose that Hillary has somewhat high self-esteem, while her sister Lola has somewhat low self-esteem. Meanwhile, their cousin Nancy has extraordinarily high self-esteem-to the point of being completely narcissistic. And another cousin of theirs, Hattie, has extraordinarily low self-esteem, such that she is brimming with self-criticism and self-hate. What does research suggest about the likelihood that Hillary, Lola, Nancy, and Hattie will have successful long-term relationships?

Which of the following relationships has the highest "sunk costs"?

Ethan and Rita are infatuated with one another. Whenever they see each other, their hearts pound and they feel sexually excited. They also think about one another constantly when they are apart. Social psychologists would say that they are experiencing ____.

If Alexis engages in a distress-maintaining style of attribution when explaining her husband Tim's behavior, then she will make ____ attributions for Tim's achievements and ____ attributions for Tim's failures.

A person with a dismissing avoidant attachment has ____ anxiety and ____ avoidance.

Married people who engage in extramarital sex are ____ to end up getting a divorce than married people who don't.

What does the textbook say about the stereotype that women are the gatekeepers of sex (i.e., the ones who generally restrict sex and determine whether and when it will happen)?

Research has suggested that being married is good for your health. But follow-up research indicates that ____ is what is most important.

Research on attachment styles, as first described by John Bowlby with reference to infants, identified ____ main types of attachments.

Jed is very interested in having a committed relationship with someone. Based on Diamond's research, this is probably motivated by the ____.

Current research on passionate love suggests that ____.

The research of ____________________ suggests people want their romantic partners to see them as they see themselves.

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

The so-called "investment model" is a model that seeks to explain why people stay with their long-term relationship partners. This model identifies three key factors, namely ____.