chapter 10

Question 1

As similarity between spouses increases, the likelihood that they will divorce _______.

Answer 1

decreases

Question 2

The _________ is the theory that we like people whose behaviour is associated with positive, beneficial events.

Answer 2

reward theory of attraction

Question 3

An insecure attachment infant during strange situation will demonstrate _____, ______ and ______

Answer 3

clinging, anxiousness and ambivalence

Question 4

Another term for geographical nearness is ______.

Answer 4

proximity

Question 5

The state for deep longing for union with another is known as _____ love

Answer 5

passionate

Question 6

Sternberg’s kinds of love are combinations f intimacy, commitment, and passion. Which of the following are kinds of love found on the triangle of love?

Answer 6

• fatuous
• companionate
• romantic

Question 7

When choosing whom to approach for a date, people approach someone whose attractiveness ______ their own

Answer 7

roughly matches

Question 8

researchers had people in relationships of varying commitment rate an attractive “single and not currently involved member of the opposite sex”. The attractive person had been randomly matched with them or matched because he or she thought the participant was attractive. researchers found that when people were threatened at the same level as they were committed, they saw the competition as ______ (more or less?) attractive.

Answer 8

less

Question 9

students liking a painting that’s hanging on their classroom wall and our favourite letter tending to be in our names are examples of the _______ effect.

Answer 9

the mere exposure effect

Question 10

dissimilarity breeds ______.

Answer 10

dislike

Question 11

interaction is ________ related to liking (positively or negatively?)

Answer 11

positively

Question 12

besides attitudes and beliefs, researchers have found that _____, ______, and _____ are important aspects when one is seeking friends, spouses….

Answer 12

education, age and intelligence

Question 13

_______ is a situation in which people receive in proportion to what they give to the relationship

Answer 13

Equity

Question 14

_______ is the tendency for two people to fill in what is missing in the other; in some ways, it’s the opposite of similarity

Answer 14

complementarity

Question 15

The _____ is the presumption that beautiful people possess other socially desirable traits, also known as the “what is beautiful is good” effect”

Answer 15

physical-attractiveness stereotype

Question 16

according to the evolutionary perspective, the human preference for attractive partners is related to _____, _____, and ________

Answer 16

youth, health and fertility

Question 17

Heather told another person her secret desires and perspectives; Heather is engaging in _______.

Answer 17

self-disclosure

Question 18

The _____ attachment style shows ambivalence during “strange situation” experiments, displaying both clinginess and hostility.

Answer 18

anxious

Question 19

We are more likely to like flattery if someone _______.

Answer 19

praises us justifiably

Question 20

Robert Sternberg believes that by enacting and expressing love, the passion of initial romance can evolve into ______ love.

Answer 20

enduring

Question 21

______ individuals tended to underestimate how much their partner appreciated them

Answer 21

low self-esteem

Question 22

according to Baumeister and Wotman (1922), the person who _______ recalls more pain over an ended relationship than _______.

Answer 22

spurns someone’s love

who were spurned

Question 23

______ attachment shows discomfort over, or resistance to, being close to others

Answer 23

avoidant

Question 24

nice words after unlinked words have more _____ and are especially _______.

Answer 24

credibility

gratifying

Question 25

Like most infants, Lily feels trust and intimacy toward her caregiver. She likely has a _____ attachment style.

Answer 25

secure

Question 26

______ love involves a steady, low key, warm, and affectionate attachment

Answer 26

companionate