Quiz #1 Flashcards
The amount of positivity in relationships drops off after the first ___ years
2
The study of relationships is inherently about how they___
change
T or F: If you do not feel the same way as when you first start dating, then that means that you have fallen out of love
F: means your body is returning to homeostasis
Relationships are defined by your degree of ___: the degree to which you affect each other’s outcomes
Interdependence
A close relationship is one of strong, frequent, and diverse ____ that lasts over a considerable period of time
interdependence
T or F: interdependence applies to basically all relationships and it also applies to close relationships
F: interdependence applies to basically all relationships but close relationship which includes lovers, BFF, family
A ___ relationship is any intense attraction that involves the idealization of the other, within an erotic context, with the expectation of enduring for some time into the future.
romantic
There are several components of romantic vs close relationships. The components of a powerful sense of empathy/concern, reordering priorities/motivations to include that person, and emotional dependency applies to (a) _____
close relationships
There are several components of romantic vs close relationships. The components of Intrusive thinking/commitment, idealization and desire for union applies to (a) _____
lovers, romantic relationship
If a person receives a phone call from their BFF that they need help replacing a flat tire and they drop what they are doing and go help them, which component of romantic vs close relationships are they exhibiting?
a. emotional dependency
b.intrusive thinking
c.reordering priorities
d. powerful sense of empathy/concern
c
If a person is constantly thinking about another person and what they may like throughout the day, then which component of romantic vs close relationships are they exhibiting?
a. emotional dependency
b.intrsuive thinking
c.reordering priorities
d. a powerful sense of empathy/concern
b
The advent of _____ in 1960 gave women the possibility to live with a degree of independence and control never before imagined in the history of human evolution, or by any other species on the planet.
contraception
Title ___(1972) prohibits sex-based discrimination in educational settings and significantly increased women’s opportunities to play competitive sports
IX
____ recognized in US in 1973.
domestic violence
What were the ‘home economics classes”?
a. a class that taught men how to be the ideal breadwinners
b. a class that taught women how to manage their life as housewives
c. a class that trained women for lives located safely within the ‘feminine sphere’
d. a class that trained men for lives located safely within the “male sphere”
c
Males on average are going to be __ than the wife
a. younger
b.older
b
Now the median age at first marriage by sex is 28 for__ and 27 for ___
males, females
In 2013, 40.6% of kids were born to___ parents while in the 1960s only _ of babies were born to ___ parents
unmarried, 5%, unmarried
72% of people were married in 2010 and now it has ___
decreased(52%)
Which of the following is true about modern parenthood?
a. dads are doing more housework and childcare, the role is converging
b. moms are paid to work outside the home
c. dads have overtaken the traditional role of housewife
d. more dads than mothers find it difficult to balance work and family life
a,b
T or F: Women and men on the weekdays spend about the same time on leisure activities
T
Women’s greater presence in the workplace since the 1970s has also been facilitated by ____ advancements in the era of globalization
technological
The divorce rate peaks during _____ of marriage
two years
__ become increasingly more likely to remarry than women with increasing age
men
Across countries, accidents are higher in ___ traveling in a car, on a motorcycle, bicycle and walking as a pedestrian
males
T or F: Males drive more safely when their passenger is a female especially if it is their girlfriend
T
One should study relationships because they are ____ and strongly associated with ____, healthy life
universal, happy
People in relationships, particularly good ones, benefit from better ____, ___, and ___ health than people who are not
mental, emotional and physical
___ is six times more likely to be separated or divorced soon after a diagnosis of cancer or multiple sclerosis, than if a man in the relationship
Women
The greatest predictor of poverty in the U.S is ___
divorce
___are more likely to remarry compared to ___
men, women
____ is our most fundamental human need, motivation to form and maintain close lasting bonds
belongingness
2 key ingredients to lasting relationships is regular ____ with others and close, stable ____ intimate contact with ___, no sexual intimacy
social contact,mutually, bffs(emotionships)
In the hand-holding study conducted by Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson, women were _____ to show anterior insula activation when holding hands with their spouse compared to holding hands with a stranger or with no one. The impact was stronger the more ___ their marriage
less likely, satisfying
T or F: Men in more satisfying marriages are more likely to be alive when researchers followed up with them four years later
T
T or F: For males just being married whether it is a happy or unhappy marriage, it is better for their health
T
If both individuals come from divorced households then they are ____ likely to divorce
more
____ Twins have nearly 6x more chances to get a divorce than ___ twins
MZ=identical, DZ=fraternal
Mz, DZ
social control theory: intimate relationships ___ the negative consequences of deviant behavior
increase
Percentage of using cocaine ____ when married but ___ when a man gets married then divorced
decreases, increases
Marriages in neighborhoods with ___ SES were almost 2x as likely to dissolve than marriages in neighborhoods with ___ SES
low, high
There are three key questions we are interested in: the ___ question, the ___ question, and the ___ question
longevity, satisfaction, change
Those that get married ___ in life are at a higher risk of getting divorced
earlier
Dissolution rates: couples are either divorced or separated is roughly ___ or so, the divorce rate is about __, separation rate is about ___
50%, 43%,10%
Longevity is not always tied to ___
satisfaction
____ is one of the strongest predictors over time where people’s overall sense of life satisfaction
marriage
Is the divorce rate lower for romance or arranged marriages?
arranged marriages because it will cost the family economically
Overall happiness with life corresponds more closely to happiness in ____ than to satisfaction with any other domain
a.health
b.hobbies
c.marriage
d.fianance
marriage
“Relationships work when they are destined by fate and butterflies to work” Is this a good theory or a bad theory?
bad theory because it is non-falsifiable
A ___ theory encompasses the full range of possible predictors
good
____ are abstract variables, design scales to test ideas
constructs
_____ the process of translating abstract concepts into concrete, observable, manifestations so they can be studied
operationalization
___ a way of ensuring that your sample is representative of a population by giving everyone an equal chance of being selected for the sample
random selection
In a representative sample, ____ are similar to the population
characterisitcs
In the Kenrick study, whenever heterosexual individuals look at an opposite sex photo they tend to rate themselves feeling the __ of all, their mood ___
best, increases
In a representative sample, ____ are similar to the population
characteristics
In the Kenrick study, if the subjects are lesbian, and they are trying to court a bisexual woman, of the opposite sex, we would show an attractive photo of a ___ male
straight
The sociosexual orientation inventory, martial locus of control scale, and the love scale are all ____ measures of love
self-report
In the martial locus of control scale, the higher someone’s total value is on a scale they feel more locus of control is ____, lower score is based on ____
internal, chance
Bisexuals have at least ___ soulmates
2
In self-report measures, there tends to be a _____ bias meaning when people answer the questions they try to look good to the person asking the questions.
social desirability
For online dating, ___ tend to lie about height compared to ___
males,females
For ____ on online dating apps, they lie more about inaccuracies related to their age, photoshop, and skin quality, for ___ they lie more about their personal info like income and height
women,men
According to a study about casual sex,71.88% of __ and 0% of __ accepted offers of casual sex from opposite-sex proposers. For going on a date, men and women responded yes at __ rates.
equal
lesbians are astronomically more likely to accept casual sex offers from other ____ than straight women are from straight ___ (0%).
lesbians,men
___ males are significantly more likely to be in mixed-orientation relationships than straight women & lesbians are more likely to be in mixed-orientation relationships than ___ men.
straight, gay
