chapter 6 practice questions

Question 1

1) Which of the following statements about intimate relationships is TRUE?
A) The only intimate relationship known to be good for our health is marriage.
B) Supportive intimate relationships are associated with a longer life span.
C) People in supportive intimate relationships tend to have higher than normal blood pressure.
D) Having strong intimate ties increases the risk for depression.

Answer 1

B) Supportive intimate relationships are associated with a longer life span.

Question 2

2) When Marcy moved into her dorm, her parents and her best friend helped. This example BEST illustrates
A) emotional support.
B) instrumental support.
C) informational support.
D) appraisal support.

Answer 2

B) instrumental support.

Question 3

3) By deciding that he didn’t have time to vote in the last election, Derrick missed an opportunity to build
A) his level of emotional support.
B) relational connectedness.
C) collective connectedness.
D) collective competition.

Answer 3

C) collective connectedness.

Question 4

4) What is social capital?
A) the value of all of the cash, savings, investments, and equity owned by every member of your family, yourself included
B) a collective term for all of the people you know, including distant acquaintances and even people you don’t like
C) the collective value of all of the people in your social network and the likelihood of them providing social support
D) a level of support built not by strengthening existing ties, but by seeking out new relationships

Answer 4

C) the collective value of all of the people in your social network and the likelihood of them providing social support

Question 5

5) Social support may BEST help reduce stress by
A) making challenges look less forbidding.
B) increasing the body’s release of cortisol.
C) providing role models of others facing stressors.
D) increasing our social commitments, which can distract us from our problems.

Answer 5

A) making challenges look less forbidding.

Question 6

6) Which one of the following is characteristic of intimate relationships?
A) They involve behavioral independence.
B) They involve a lack of emotional availability.
C) They involve emotional detachment.
D) They involve need fulfillment.

Answer 6

D) They involve need fulfillment.

Question 7

7) The definition of the term family
A) doesn’t change over time.
B) changes over time.
C) is determined by the local community.
D) is determined by the family’s religious beliefs.

Answer 7

B) changes over time.

Question 8

8) All of the following are true about intimate relationships EXCEPT that
A) they may include sexual relationships.
B) they may share emotional intimacy without being sexual.
C) they may be spiritually intimate.
D) they may lack emotional availability.

Answer 8

D) they may lack emotional availability.

Question 9

9) Relationships characterized by behavioral interdependence, need fulfillment, emotional attachment, and emotional availability are
A) functional family relationships.
B) family of origin relationships.
C) intimate relationships.
D) monogamous relationships.

Answer 9

C) intimate relationships.

Question 10

10) Family consists of
A) people related by blood who share a few main characteristics.
B) a group of people who share the same interests.
C) a network of people that provides support, security, love, and a sense of belonging.
D) blood relatives with whom we grew up.

Answer 10

C) a network of people that provides support, security, love, and a sense of belonging.

Question 11

11) Which factor would reduce the likelihood of your choosing a particular person as a partner?
A) Your beliefs, attitudes, and values are significantly different.
B) You live in close proximity to each other.
C) You have similar values, interests, and socioeconomic status.
D) You are physically attracted to each other.

Answer 11

A) Your beliefs, attitudes, and values are significantly different.

Question 12

12) According to Sternberg’s triangular theory of love, love involves
A) intimacy, similar interests, and social status.
B) passion, impulsiveness, and sexual desire.
C) intimacy, passion, and commitment.
D) friendship, reliability, and commitment.

Answer 12

C) intimacy, passion, and commitment.

Question 13

13) According to Sternberg’s triangular theory of love, the most complete, ideal type of love is
A) consummate love.
B) intimacy.
C) sexual compatibility.
D) passion.

Answer 13

A) consummate love.

Question 14

14) Which of the following traits is important in relationships and involves having a realistic appreciation of one’s own worth and ability?
A) self-awareness
B) self-expression
C) self-nurturance
D) self-sufficiency

Answer 14

C) self-nurturance

Question 15

15) Anthropologist Helen Fisher and other scientists propose that the feeling that the excitement and passion is gone from a relationship is due to
A) developmental incompatibility.
B) a drop in oxytocin levels.
C) familiarity and daily stresses.
D) a decrease in chemicals such as dopamine.

Answer 15

D) a decrease in chemicals such as dopamine.

Question 16

16) Through our relationships with others, we fulfill our needs for
A) intimacy, social integration, and nurturance.
B) independence, social integration, and self-actualization.
C) autonomy, intimacy, and connection.
D) communication, nurturance, and achievement.

Answer 16

A) intimacy, social integration, and nurturance.

Question 17

17) According to Sternberg’s triangular theory of love, which type of love combines intimacy and passion?
A) romantic
B) infatuation
C) fatuous
D) companionate

Answer 17

A) romantic

Question 18

18) A hormone referred to as a “cuddle chemical” that boosts feelings of satisfaction and attachment is
A) oxytocin.
B) adrenaline.
C) cortisol.
D) dopamine

Answer 18

A) oxytocin.

Question 19

19) Which of the following is TRUE about appropriate self-disclosure?
A) It is synonymous with story telling.
B) It involves sharing secrets and gossip about friends and acquaintances.
C) It involves sharing feelings and information as a means of getting to know a person.
D) It is a key element in unhealthy communication.

Answer 19

C) It involves sharing feelings and information as a means of getting to know a person.

Question 20

20) You are most likely to listen BEST when
A) you are worried.
B) you believe the speaker’s message does not concern you.
C) you are distracted by a project that is due the next day.
D) you believe the speaker is saying something you can relate to.

Answer 20

D) you believe the speaker is saying something you can relate to.

Question 21

21) Jealousy can be based on all of the following EXCEPT
A) a person’s irrational fears. C) possessiveness.
B) a person’s low self-esteem. D) intense devotion.

Answer 21

D) intense devotion.

Question 22

22) Predictability is a fundamental element of
A) trust.
B) faith.
C) power.
D) jealousy.

Answer 22

A) trust.

Question 23

23) The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that, on a typical day,
A) over 90 percent of men do household chores like laundry.
B) over 90 percent of women do household chores like laundry.
C) over two-thirds of men cook and clean up after meals.
D) over two-thirds of women cook and clean up after meals.

Answer 23

D) over two-thirds of women cook and clean up after meals.

Question 24

24) Jealousy is more likely when
A) one partner has an unusually high sense of self-esteem.
B) one partner fears that he or she is losing control over the other.
C) a couple is over the age of 65.
D) both partners have many social ties.

Answer 24

B) one partner fears that he or she is losing control over the other.

Question 25

25) A healthy marriage contributes to reducing stress by
A) increasing financial stability and expanding support networks.
B) limiting the support network to only the immediate family.
C) contributing to less-than-optimal personal behaviors.
D) reducing the need to impress others.

Answer 25

A) increasing financial stability and expanding support networks.

Question 26

26) A relationship in which the partners are sexually involved only with each other is
A) consensual.
B) open.
C) intimate.
D) monogamous.

Answer 26

D) monogamous.

Question 27

27) Lengthy cohabitation that is considered legally binding in some states is
A) cohabitation.
B) common-law marriage.
C) an open relationship.
D) an informal relationship.

Answer 27

B) common-law marriage.

Question 28

28) In a relationship, commitment means that
A) both partners in a relationship agree to practice monogamy.
B) couples agree to remain married no matter what.
C) the partners agree to shared decision making on all concerns involving the couple.
D) each partner intends to act over time in a way that perpetuates the well-being of the other.

Answer 28

D) each partner intends to act over time in a way that perpetuates the well-being of the other.

Question 29

29) The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges
A) gave couples in the United States the right to divorce.
B) recognized common-law marriages as legally binding.
C) made same-sex marriage legal in all fifty states.
D) recognized the right of interracial couples to marry.

Answer 29

C) made same-sex marriage legal in all fifty states.

Question 30

30) Which of the following is TRUE about being single in the United States?
A) The number of adults electing to remain single is increasing.
B) Singles have trouble achieving intimacy with others.
C) Nearly one-third of young adults age 20 to 34 are single.
D) Nearly 15 percent of adults never marry.

Answer 30

A) The number of adults electing to remain single is increasing.