Chapter 4 Intimate Relationships and Communication

Question 1

Attachment

Answer 1

The emotional tie between an infant and his or her caregiver or between two people in an intimate relationship.

Question 2

Characteristics of Friendship

Answer 2

Companionship, Respect, Acceptance, Help, Trust, Loyalty, Mutuality, Reciprocity.

Question 3

Infatuation

Answer 3

An idealizing, obsessive attraction, characterized by a high degree of physical arousal.

Question 4

Keys to Good Communication

Answer 4

Self-Disclosure, Listening, Feedback.

Question 5

Cohabitation

Answer 5

Living together in a sexual relationship without being married.

Question 6

Sexual Orientation

Answer 6

A consistent pattern of emotional and sexual attraction based on biological sex; it exists along a continuum that ranges from exclusive heterosexuality (attraction to people of the other sex) through bisexuality (attraction to people of both sexes) to exclusive homosexuality (attraction to people of one’s own sex).