Chapter 8

Question 1

Social health

Answer 1

ability to interact effectively, develop relationships, and fulfill social roles

Question 2

Social contagion

Answer 2

process by which friends and acquaintances in social circle influence our behavior and health (positively and negatively)

Question 3

Close ties to others boosts ___

Answer 3

cardiovascular and immune system

Question 4

Social support

Answer 4

ways in which we provide information, affect physical health

Question 5

Greatest impact on college student health

Answer 5

sense of belonging

Question 6

Social intelligence

Answer 6

skills to communicate more clearly

Question 7

Being agreeable

Answer 7

helpful, strong relationships, less conflict, happy marriages, better job performance, make needs known

Question 8

___ is the most holy bond of society

Answer 8

Friendship

Question 9

Loneliness

Answer 9

feelings of distress and dysphoria resulting from a discrepancy between a person’s desired and achieved social relationships

Question 10

Loneliest people are

Answer 10

• young
• old’
• divorced
• live alone

Question 11

Fearfully shy

Answer 11

withdrawn and avoid contact

high degree of anxiety

Question 12

self-consciously shy

Answer 12

enjoy company but become highly self-aware and anxious is social situations

Question 13

Social anxiety disorder

Answer 13

fear and avoidance of social situations, treated with cognitive-behavioral group therapy

Question 14

Severe anxiety can cause __

Answer 14

severe depression

Question 15

Key difference

Answer 15

degree of distress and impairment

Question 16

More disabled social anxiety treatment

Answer 16

psychotherapy and medication

Question 17

Altruism

Answer 17

acts of helping or giving to others without thought of self-benefit, enhances self-esteem,
- “green altruism” from outdoors

Question 18

Helpers high

Answer 18

sense of calm, warmth, and enhanced self-worth

Question 19

Amygdala

Answer 19

brain that processes emotion, bigger in people with complex social networks

Question 20

Increased time on social media ___ anxiety

Answer 20

increases

Question 21

Most wired age group

Answer 21

college kids

Question 22

Self- disclosure

Answer 22

key element in relationship, how much we reveal about ourselves, affects nature of our bonds

Question 23

Connection between compulsive internet users and ___

Answer 23

addictive behaviors

Question 24

Virtual venting leads to

Answer 24

initial relief but overall anger

Question 25

Cyberbullying

Answer 25

deliberate, repeated, and hostile actions that use information and communication tech with the intent of harming others by control

Question 26

Cyberstalking

Answer 26

form of cyberbullying that uses online sites to harass victims and try to damage reputation

Question 27

Hookup

Answer 27

range of physically intimate behavior with no expectation of emotional intimacy, most looking for romantic relationship

Question 28

Peak of hookup

Answer 28

between spring of first year and fall of second

Question 29

Prefer to never hookup because

Answer 29

don’t want to be center of attention, no fear of intimacy

Question 30

Increase likely hood of hookup

Answer 30

• alcohol
• attractiveness
• history
• outgoing personality
• social network membership

Question 31

Intimacy

Answer 31

state of closeness between two people, characterized by desire and ability to share one’s innermost thoughts and feelings

Question 32

Love

Answer 32

reduces pain, same effect in brain as cocaine

Question 33

Romantic love triangle

Answer 33

passion, intimacy, and commitment

Question 34

6 types of love

Answer 34

liking = friends
infatuation = physical
romantic love = intimacy and passion
companionate love = deep emotional bond
fatuous lover = passion and commitment
consummate love = passion, intimacy, and commitment

Question 35

Love chemicals

Answer 35

dopamine, norepinephrine, phenylethylamine

- develops tolerance

Question 36

Passionate love

Answer 36

elation, sexual desires

Question 37

compassionate love

Answer 37

friendly affection

Question 38

Mature love

Answer 38

combo of sexual excitement, tenderness, and commitment, passion, becoming one

Question 39

dysfunctional

Answer 39

negative and destructive patterns of behavior

Question 40

Abuse

Answer 40

any behavior that uses fear, humiliation, or physical assault to control and subjugate

Question 41

Signs of emotional abuse

Answer 41

• trying to control
• ## frequent humiliation

Question 42

Codependency

Answer 42

emotional and psychological behavioral pattern in which the friends of individuals with addictive behaviors allow loved ones to continue self-destruction

Question 43

Emerging adulthood

Answer 43

development between late teens and early 20s, volatility and identity formatting

Question 44

Cohabitation

Answer 44

two people living together as a couple with no official ties

Question 45

Stages of long-term relationship

Answer 45

• blending = passion and love
• nesting = staring a home
• building trust
• merging assets
• establishing sense of partnership

Question 46

Marriage benefits by

Answer 46

• selection
• social support
• behavioral regulation

Question 47

Same-sex marriage

Answer 47

two people of the same sex live together as family

Question 48

Family

Answer 48

groups of people united by marriage, blood, or adoption, same house

Question 49

Blended families

Answer 49

when one or both of the partners bring children from previous union

Question 50

Juggler family

Answer 50

both parents work