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

In recent formulations of attachment theory, the attachment style known as "anxious" or "anxious/ambivalent" has been renamed ____.

Jack brought his wife flowers. She thinks, "Oh, great! What has he screwed up now?" Jack later left his underwear on the floor and his wife thought, "Geez, isn't that just typical of him. He is so lazy!" Jack's wife has a(n) ____________________ style of attribution.

Discuss whether there is any accuracy in the stereotypes that (a) men want more sex than women; (b) men separate sex and love more than women; (c) women's sexuality is more natural than men's; and (d) women tend to restrict sex within a relationship.

According to the textbook, the so-called "double standard" for women versus men-with respect to sexual behavior-is supported more by women than it is by men.

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

In the typical long-term, romantic relationship, a couple will experience passionate love for ____.

Research on narcissism suggests that ____.

Research suggests that, compared to people who never get married, people who marry ____.

Jadis and Matthew are a couple. They are extremely close, sharing nearly every detail of their day and emotions with each other. They also are committed to each other no matter what happens. Jadis and Matthew are experiencing ____ love.

When people suspect that their spouses have been cheating on them, they are often correct. However, among cohabitating partners, approximately_____are wrong (they think their spouse is cheating when in fact their spouse has not cheated).

Switching back and forth between heterosexual and homosexual forms of sexuality is apparently more common among women than it is among men. This is an example of the fact that women tend to ____ than men.

Suppose that Walter is happily married to Sara. If he is like most happily married heterosexual men, then, when asked to rate the attractiveness of various other women, he is most likely to devalue (rate as less attractive than they really are) ____.

In John Bowlby's original formulation of attachment theory, applied to infants, there were ____ different attachment styles. In more recent formulations of attachment theory, applied to adults, there are ____ different attachment styles.

Compared to people in close exchange relationships, people in close communal relationships ____.

Identify the three attachment styles first described by John Bowlby, and later elaborated upon by Phillip Shaver, and provide a brief description of what each attachment style looks like.

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

Suppose that Pen and Tim, a gay couple, have been dating for several months, but that Pen finds out that Tim has been cheating on him. If Pen is like most people, then which of the following will have the biggest impact in terms of determining whether or not he becomes jealous?

Ahmed is very socially anxious, often believing no one would want to be friends with him. Because he believes he is unlovable, even when a relationship starts he tries to keep the partner at a safe distance so as not to be hurt. Ahmed probably has a(n) ____ attachment.

People with high self-esteem tend to have more successful long-term relationships than do people with low self-esteem.

Which of the following best characterizes the response Maslow might make to the notion that you must "first love yourself before others can love you"?