Quiz 9 Flashcards
___ is intentional behavior that creates an impression in the recipient that the deceiver knows is false
deception
Benevolent or ___ lies are common in close relationships. We also tell fewer benevolent lies to our ____ than to acquaintances.
white, lovers
T or F: When we tell lies about serious matters, we tell them more often to our lovers than to anyone else
T
Liars may also experience deceivers distrust coming to perceive the recipients of the lies is ___ and ___ than they really are
less honest, trustworthy
Someone who cheats is ____ to think their lover has also cheated on them
more likely
Most intimate partners trust each other, and that leads them to exhibit a truth bias in which they assume their partners are ______
telling the truth
As relationships become more intimate and trust ____ the partners’ accuracy in detecting deception in each other _____
increases,declines
It hurts to be ignored, and people with _____ are relatively _____ to put up with it. When they encounter a cold shoulder, they are ____ than those with______ to end the relationship and seek a new bae.
high self-esteem, unlikely, more likely, low self-esteem
relational value– the degree to which they consider their relationships with us to be ____
valuable
A key stressor in close relationships is the perception that others value their relationships with us ____ than we want them to.
less
The greatest level of rejection is
a. ostracism
b.ambivalence
a
_______ apparent decreases in others’ regard for us causes emotional pain that the brain treats in the same way as physical pain.
relational devaluation
_____ is the unhappy combination of hurt, anger, and fear that occurs when people face the potential loss of a valued relationship to a real or imagined rival.
jealousy
____ jealousy occurs in response to an actual threat to a valued relationship.
a. suspicious
b. reactive
reactive
When a partner in a relationship has committed an affair or developed feelings for someone outside of the relationship is an example of what kind of jealousy?
a. suspicious
b.reactive
reactive
____ jealousy occurs when one partner hasn’t misbehaved and one’s thoughts does not fit the facts at hand
a. suspicious
b.reactive
a
Which of the following types of jealousy occurs even when the relationship is not actually being threatened?
a. suspicious
b.reactive
a
Rivals who make us look bad by _____ we had or by being ____ to our partners are particularly worrisome.
achieving things we wish we had, more attractive
People with ___ attachment style are more prone to jealousy, whereas ___people tend to ignore the issue and pretend they do not care
anxious, avoidant
People high in ___ are prone to jealousy
a. secure
b. minimal dating experience
c. neuroticism
d. none of the above
c
____ and ____ women experience more jealous than ___ people do
macho men, feminine, androgynous
____react to a rival’s interference by seeking to improve the relationship whereas ___ strive to protect their egos.
women, men
T or F: Jealousy cannot be adaptive because it motivates actions that fend off rivals
F: Jealousy can be adaptive
____ is usually corrosive as it correlates strongly with ___ & is one of the most often cited motives for intimate partner violence committed by both women and men.
Jealousy, anger
Based on ____ based theory, men should be especially vigilant toward and threatened by ____ infidelity. For women, the greater risk may be that a mate will withdraw his protective resources and transfer them to another mate. Thus, women should be especially threatened by ____ infidelity
evolutionary, sexual, emotional
Couples are more likely to survive when ___ commit infidelity & less likely to survive when ____ commit infidelity.
men, women
___ were more likely to forgive ____ with 59% saying they were more likely to forgive their partner than their partner is to forgive them, compared to 51% of ___
men, women, women
if a woman has more education than her partner, she is ____ to have a sexual relationship outside of her primary relationship; if the husband has more education, she is ____ to engage in infidelity
more likely, less likely
Men with ______ attachment styles are particularly prone to engage in infidelity
avoidant
___ are far less likely to perceive situations/interactions that do not include physical contact to be infidelity compared to ___.
men, women
___ is one of the most commonly reported causes of divorce and one of the most difficult issues for couple therapists to treat
infidelity
T or F: Women were more likely to breakup following infidelity than men
T
Married ___ are more likely to report cheating on their spouse multiple times & are about 25% more likely to report having one-night stands than ___
men,women
If you are a heterosexual male and your girlfriend commits same-sex infidelity a heterosexual male will see that as ____
threatening
While heterosexual women will feel more threatened by ____ infidelity than ____ infidelity because ___ infidelity carries a greater sense of status loss and also might perceive a health risk
same-sex, opposite-sex, same-sex
For ___ they are far less concerned about same-sex infidelity than heterosexual ___ are
men, women
T or F: men are more likely to stay in a relationship because of financial reasons compared to women. while women would more likely stay in a relationship because they do not want to put their children through a divorce
F, women, men
men find it more difficult to forgive their partner if their partner committed ____ infidelity
sexual
___ are disagreeable, hurtful actions by people we trusted and from whom we reasonably did not expect such misbehavior.
betrayal
Men and women do not differ in their tendencies to betray others…
…but _____ people betray others more than other folks do.
white
People who commit betrayal tend to be ____ in neuroticism, ___ in agreeableness, and ___ happy with life than are those who are less vengeful and more prone to forgiveness.
high, low, less
