Chapter 1: building blocks

Question 1

define

singlism

Answer 1

prejudice against single people

Question 2

define

individualism

Answer 2

support of self-expression and emphasis on personal fulfillment

Question 3

define:

technoference

Answer 3

frequent interuptions of interactions caused by technology

Question 4

define

phubbing

Answer 4

snubbing your partner by being on the phone

Question 5

define

sex ratio

Answer 5

how many men per 100 women

Question 6

Define

high sex ratio

Answer 6

more men than women

traditional gender roles, dates etc.

Question 7

define

low sex ratio

Answer 7

less men than women

hook up culture

Question 8

list

attachment styles

Answer 8

• secure
• anxious ambivalent
• fearful avoidant
• dismissing avoidant

Question 9

define

anxious ambivalent

Answer 9

fretful/mixed feelings uncertain about when/if the caregiver is coming back

needy/clingy

Question 10

define

secure attachment

Answer 10

person is comfortable with the security of relationship
-available and responsive parents

Question 11

define

fearful avoidant attachment

Answer 11

avoidant due to fear of rejection

Question 12

define

dismissing avoidant

Answer 12

initimacy isn’t worth the work it takes

Question 13

Answer:

what does OCEAN stand for?

Answer 13

• openness
• concientiousness
• extraversion
• agreeableness
• neuroticism

Question 14

list

assumptions of evolutionary psychology

Answer 14

• sexual selection helped make us the species we are today
• men and women should differ only to the extent they have historically faced reproductive dilemma
• cultural influences determine whether evolved patterns of behavior are adaptive (culture changes occur much faster than evolution does)