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

Which statement best summarizes Diamond's conclusions regarding the attachment drive, the sex drive, and love?

Gunther is surrounded by attractive, available women at work. Because of this, Gunther is likely to ____.

Describe how both personal and situational characteristics influence one's experience of jealousy.

Research on narcissism suggests that ____.

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?

According to Daryl Bem's notion of "exotic becomes erotic," a young boy is MOST likely to grow up to become a gay adult if ____.

When a man in a committed relationship meets a desirable new woman, he will likely respond by increasing his commitment to his existing partner.

In Sternberg's triangular theory of love, passion, intimacy, and commitment refer to three different types of love.

While ________________ love may be the most effective for starting relationships, ________________ love may be the most effective for sustaining them in the long term.

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.

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

Ricardo is an accountant and his girlfriend April is a statistician. Suppose that 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?

Briefly summarize Daryl Bem's "exotic becomes erotic" notion of homosexuality. What evidence is there for this theory?

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

While ____ love may be the most effective for starting relationships, ____ love may be the most effective for sustaining them in the long term.

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?

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 that you are at a party and you meet a psychologist 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 ____."

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 ____.

According to Sternberg's triangular theory of love, the three ingredients in love are passion, commitment, and ________________.