Key Words Ch. 9

Question 1

Agape

Answer 1

Pure love, a blend of eros and storge.

Question 2

Demand/withdraw pattern—

Answer 2

Interaction episode characterized by one person demanding and the other person not responding or withdrawing.

Question 3

Equity—

Answer 3

State of a relationship in which the ratio of what one puts in and gets out of a relationship equals that of the partner.

Question 4

Emotional transmission

Answer 4

Situation in which one person’s emotions influence another person’s emotions

Question 5

Evolutionary theory

Answer 5

theory which states that social behavior is shaped by survival of genes.

Question 6

Eros

Answer 6

Romantic love

Question 7

Ludus

Answer 7

Game-playing love

Question 8

Storge

Answer 8

Friendship love

Question 9

Pragma

Answer 9

Practical love, blend of storge and ludus

Question 10

Mania

Answer 10

Manic love, blend of Eros and Ludus

Question 11

Script

Answer 11

Schema or cognitive representation for a sequence of events.

Question 12

Social constructionist theory

Answer 12

Theory states that women’s and men’s behavior is determined by the context in which they are in, which includes the norms or rules of a society.

Question 13

Social exchange theory

Answer 13

Theory that relationship satisfaction is partly a function of the rewards and costs in the relationship.

Question 14

Social role theory

Answer 14

Theory that states men’s and women’s behavior is a function of the roles that they hold in society.