Unit 3 Test Flashcards
Study for exam 3
Ricardo is wondering what percentage of gay men and lesbians live in his hometown of 20,000 people. What is the best estimate that you could give him?
a. 1% of the males, and 0.5% of the females
b. 3-4% of the males, and 1.5-2% of the females c. 5-10% of the males, and 2.5-5% of the females d. 10-25% of the males, and 5-15% of the females
B
All of the following statements about bisexuals’ self-identification are true EXCEPT
a. bisexuals often identify as heterosexual before they identify as bisexual.
b. bisexual self-labeling generally occurs later in life than for gays or lesbians. c. most bisexuals identify as homosexual privately, but identify as heterosexual publicly. d. we know little about bisexual self-labeling because research on bisexuality is still in its early stages.
C
What have researchers found to be the relationship between homosexuality and hormone levels in adulthood?
a. Gay men have higher androgen levels than heterosexual men do, whereas lesbians have higher estrogen levels than heterosexual women do.
b. Gay men have lower androgen levels than heterosexual men do, whereas lesbians have higher testosterone levels and less estrogen levels than heterosexual women do. c. Gay men and lesbians do not appear to have different adult hormones from those of heterosexuals. d. Gay men and lesbians have higher levels of all major hormones than heterosexuals do.
C
Scientists have found all of the following physiological differences between heterosexuals and homosexuals EXCEPT
a. Certain areas of the hypothalamus are either larger or smaller in homosexual men than in heterosexual men.
b. Although some biological differences among gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and heterosexuals have been found, findings are inconsistent, and the evidence is weak for consistent differences of this kind. c. Lesbians and bisexual women have better hand-eye coordination than heterosexual women do. d. Differences in finger length have been found between heterosexual and homosexual women.
C
MOST same-sex sexual behavior in prisons is
a. rape committed to establish dominance hierarchies in prison.
b. not outright rape, but sexual coercion by powerful men and women in prison to the less powerful who offer sexual favors in return for protection. c. consensual, sometimes close and intimate, even though most inmates return to a heterosexual life after release. d. a sign of a developing gay, lesbian, or bisexual identity that will be expressed fully after the person is released.
C
In the acronym GLBTQ, the Q refers to
a. queer.
b. questioning. c. queens, a gay-community term for cross-dressers. d. questioning or queer.
D
Research on genetics and homosexuality has found all of the following to be true EXCEPT
a. The more closely genetically related two siblings are, the more likely they are to share a sexual orientation.
b. Gay men have more gay brothers than lesbian sisters, and lesbians have more lesbian sisters than gay brothers. c. Evidence exists for a lesbian gene on the X chromosome, but not for a gay gene. d. Homosexuality is not solely determined by genetics.
C
According to Gilbert Herdt, how does modern-day America compare to most other countries throughout history regarding tolerance of homosexuality?
a. It is more tolerant than most countries have been throughout history.
b. It is about as tolerant as most countries have been throughout history. c. It is less tolerant than most countries have been throughout history. d. It is impossible to know how America compares, because there is very little information about how homosexuality has been regarded in other periods of history or in other cultures.
C
Which of the following statements about homosexuality in the early Middle Ages is FALSE?
a. There were strong sanctions against rape, adultery, incest, and fornication, but not homosexuality.
b. Homosexuality was completely legal in most European countries. c. Male brothels began to appear, and defenses of homosexuality began to appear in print. d. The church was strongly against homosexuality, but the public generally ignored its edicts.
D
Colton is homosexual. How might Freud explain Colin’s homosexuality?
a. Colton had an intense attachment to his father, and ignores women because of it.
b. Colton had an intense attachment to his father, causing him to turn toward men to avoid castration by his mother. c. Colton had an intense attachment to his mother, but his mother was unable to reciprocate, causing Colton to turn to men because of his frustration toward women. d. Colton had an intense attachment to his mother, causing him to turn to men to avoid castration by his father.
D
All of the following stages are included in Vivienne Cass’s (1979, 1984) model of coming out EXCEPT
a. identity confusion.
b. identity rejection. c. identity acceptance. d. identity synthesis.
B
When it was published, Kinsey’s scale for describing human sexual orientation was unique in what way?
a. It was the first scale to define the terms homosexuality and heterosexuality in humans.
b. It defined people as homosexual or heterosexual based upon a person's desired sexual orientation. c. It recognized sexual orientation as a continuous, rather than a categorical, variable. d. It recognized all humans as bisexual to some degree.
C
Mary is Presbyterian. Which of the following statements is MOST likely to represent her views of GLBTQ people and their role in her church?
a.
“
GLBTQ people are welcome here; my church has as its primary mission ministering to the needs of sexual minorities. I
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m a lesbian myself.
”
b. "A woman is the leader of our denomination, and she has said that we are ready to ordain gay and lesbian ministers, but in my church, most of the old-timers and the pastor don't like the idea of open homosexuals coming to services." c. "The Bible forbids homosexuality, and that's all we need to know about it in our church." d. "What matters is whether homosexual relationships are helpful and harmonious; loving couples of all kinds are welcome at services here."
B
Current laws in the U.S. are biased against homosexuals in all of the following ways EXCEPT
a. exclusionary zoning, and rent control and rent stabilization laws are used to deny homosexuals equal rights in housing.
b. lack of access to tax breaks for married couples. c. lack of access to spousal inheritance or family social security benefits. d. sodomy laws that make it a misdemeanor to engage in same-sex sexual behavior.
D
What is thought to be the main reason why little is known about lesbian relationships in Arabic cultures?
a. because such relationships are thought not to exist among Arabic peoples
b. because lesbians, if discovered, are punished with death in most Arabic countries c. because Arabic women are generally reserved and uncomfortable about talking about sex d. because people in Arabic cultures discuss only male homosexuality, not female homosexuality
C
Congress reauthorized a law in 1996 that requires the compilation of data on hate crimes. This law is known as
a. the Hate Crimes Data Collection Act.
b. the Hate Crimes Information Act. c. the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. d. the Hate Crimes Statistics Act.
D
Which of the following is NOT a common characteristic of those who hold negative views of homosexuals?
a. They tend to be older and less well educated.
b. They tend to be married or in long-term relationships. c. They are likely to be religious and to subscribe to a conservative religious ideology. d. They have more traditional attitudes toward sex roles, and are less permissive sexually.
B
sexual orientation
gender(s) that a person is attracted to emotionally, physically, sexually, and romantically
gender(s) that a person is attracted to emotionally, physically, sexually, and romantically
sexual orientation
biological theory of sexual orientation
homosexuals are physically different from heterosexuals
developmental theory of sexual orientation
homosexuality develops in response to a person’s upbringing and personal history, and therefore nothing is physically different between the two
behavioral theory of sexual orientation
homosexuality is a learned behavior
sociological theory of sexual orientation
social forces produce homosexuality in a society
interactional theory of sexual orientation
interaction between biology, development, and societal factors
homosexuals are physically different from heterosexuals
biological theory of sexual orientation
homosexuality develops in response to a person’s upbringing and personal history, and therefore nothing is physically different between the two
developmental theory of sexual orientation
homosexuality is a learned behavior
behavioral theory of sexual orientation
social forces produce homosexuality in a society
sociological theory of sexual orientation
interaction between biology, development, and societal factors
interactional theory of sexual orientation
maternal immune hypothesis
theory of sexual orientation that proposes that the fraternal birth order effect of gay brothers reflects the progressive immunization of some mothers to male-specific antigens by each succeeding male fetus
theory of sexual orientation that proposes that the fraternal birth order effect of gay brothers reflects the progressive immunization of some mothers to male-specific antigens by each succeeding male fetus
maternal immune hypothesis
polymorphous perverse
sees all things as potentially sexual
sees all things as potentially sexual
polymorphous perverse
gender-role noncomformity
theory that looks at the role of early childhood in the development of homosexuality and explores cross-gendered traits in childhood
theory that looks at the role of early childhood in the development of homosexuality and explores cross-gendered traits in childhood
gender-role noncomformity
Bem’s “exotic-becomes-erotic” theory
sexual feelings evolve from experiencing heightened arousal in situations in which one gender is viewed as more exotic, or different from oneself
sexual feelings evolve from experiencing heightened arousal in situations in which one gender is viewed as more exotic, or different from oneself
Bem’s “exotic-becomes-erotic” theory
sodomy or buggery
any of various forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural or abnormal, especially anal intercourse or beastiality
any of various forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural or abnormal, especially anal intercourse or beastiality
sodomy or buggery
passing women
woman who disguises herself as a man
woman who disguises herself as a man
passing women
machismo
characterized or motivated by stereotypical masculine behavior or action
characterized or motivated by stereotypical masculine behavior or action
machismo
sequential homosexuality
situation in which heterosexual or bisexual men and women go through a period of homosexuality for a variety of reasons, including cultural and societal
situation in which heterosexual or bisexual men and women go through a period of homosexuality for a variety of reasons, including cultural and societal
sequential homosexuality
coming out
the process of establishing a personal self-identity and communicating it to others
the process of establishing a personal self-identity and communicating it to others
coming out
homophobia
irrational fear of homosexuals and homosexuality
irrational fear of homosexuals and homosexuality
homophobia
heterosexism
the presumption of heterosexuality that has sociological implications
the presumption of heterosexuality that has sociological implications
heterosexism
hate crimes
a criminal offense, usually involving violence, intimidation, or vandalism, in which the victim is targeted because of his or her affiliation with a particular group
a criminal offense, usually involving violence, intimidation, or vandalism, in which the victim is targeted because of his or her affiliation with a particular group
hate crimes
biphobia
strongly negative behaviors toward bisexuals or bisexuality
strongly negative behaviors toward bisexuals or bisexuality
biphobia
heterophobia
strongly negative behaviors or attitudes toward heterosexuals or heterosexuality
strongly negative behaviors or attitudes toward heterosexuals or heterosexuality
heterophobia
sequential bisexuality
having sex exclusively with one gender followed by sex exclusively with the other
having sex exclusively with one gender followed by sex exclusively with the other
sequential bisexuality
contemporaneous bisexuality
having sexual partners of both sexes during the same period
having sexual partners of both sexes during the same period
contemporaneous bisexuality
situational homosexuality
homosexuality that occurs because of a lack of heterosexual partners
homosexuality that occurs because of a lack of heterosexual partners
situational homosexuality
According to Kinsey, what percentage of American women have at least one same-sex sexual experience in adulthood that resulted in orgasm?
a. 1.5 to 2%
b. 10% c. 13% d. 37%
C
Alexander has just finished watching a documentary on homosexual behaviors among animals in the wild. Which of the following clips would NOT have appeared in the film?
a. a montage of over 450 different species of birds and mammals known to engage in same-sex sexual activity
b. a clip of a female rhesus monkey mounting another female monkey as a sexual display for male rhesus monkeys that the females wish to mate with c. a clip from an August boating expedition in British Columbia, showing killer whales engaging in homosexual behavior d. a scientist explaining that, although homosexual behaviors are common in the animal kingdom, only among human beings do certain individuals display EXCLUSIVELY homosexual behavior
B
Adrienne Rich’s term to describe the neglect of homosexual existence even among feminists is
a. heterocentrism.
b. heterofocus. c. heterosexism. d. homoschism.
A
The national organization that helps parents learn to accept their children’s sexual orientation and gain support from other families with GLBTQ children is called
a. Advocates for Parents of Lesbians and Gays (APLAG).
b. Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). c. Helping Parents with Homosexual Children (HPHC). d. National Gay and Lesbian Parent Network (NGLPN).
B
Max is an Orthodox Jew. Which of the following statements about homosexuality would he be MOST LIKELY to endorse?
a.
“
My synagogue welcomes members of all sexual orientations, but gays and lesbians cannot become rabbis.
”
b. "Homosexuality is an abomination forbidden by the Torah. Leviticus specifically prohibits two men engaging in sex." c. "My synagogue welcomes all people. Lesbians and gay men can even get married at our synagogue, and our junior rabbi is a gay man." d. "Homosexuality is not a free choice, but an unalterable feature of the personality. It's immoral to punish people for something they cannot change."
B
Which of the following is NOT an example of different attitudes toward homosexuality in various Latin and South American countries?
a. In Brazil, homosexuality is viewed as acceptable only for those in the theater, movie, music, or television industries.
b. In Argentina, homosexuals are believed to be possessed, and are "cured" by a ritual exorcism.
c. In Nicaragua, anally penetrating another man does not make a man homosexual, but instead is a sign of being an "hombre-hombre" ("manly man").
d. In Costa Rico, all forms of homosexuality are generally accepted.
B
Dr. Andersen was an early 20th century doctor with the most up-to-date views. What was his belief about homosexuality MOST LIKELY to have been?
a. Homosexuality is a birth defect, but not a serious medical issue.
b. Homosexuality is acceptable; only religious fanatics object to it. c. Homosexuality is a sin, curable with prayer. d. Homosexuality is an illness that, left untreated, could spread like a contagious disease.
D
Which pioneering clinical psychologist tried to counter the traditional psychoanalytic view that homosexuality was an illness?
a. Sandor Rado
b. Evelyn Hooker c. Irving Bieber d. Alfred Kinsey
B
All of the following popular musicians self-identify as lesbians and sing about lesbian issues EXCEPT
a. k.d. lang.
b. Melissa Etheridge. c. Tracy Chapman. d. Christina Aguilera.
D
Your friend Hoda is bisexual. Right now she is dating two people, Vanessa and Joshua, and enjoying sexual relationships with both of them. What term would researchers use to describe Hoda’s relationships?
a. sequential bisexuality
b. simultaneous bisexuality c. contemporaneous bisexuality d. bimodal bisexuality
C
How are the children of homosexual and heterosexual parents different from one another?
a. Children of homosexuals are more likely to become homosexual as adults.
b. Children of homosexuals are likely to suffer from gender-role confusion, as a result of having parents of only one sex. c. Male children of lesbians are more likely to be emotionally unstable, and female children of gays are more likely to be aggressive, than children of heterosexual parents. d. No difference has been found between the children of homosexual and heterosexual parents.
D
Your best friend Andrew is going through a confusing time. He has just come out as a gay man, but he is also feeling spiritually confused. He wants to attend religious services and feel closer to God, but he wants his sexuality to be accepted in the church he chooses. You explain that most religions are struggling with these issues today, and that some churches in any religion may be more accepting, while others will be more intolerant. However, he wants a religion whose BASIC BELIEFS are least likely to condemn him. Which religion would you encourage Andrew to study first?
a. Southern Baptist Christianity
b. Judaism c. Buddhism d. Catholicism
C
Which of the following statements about homosexuality and prenatal exposure to hormones is TRUE?
a. Stress during pregnancy influences hormone levels, decreasing the chance that the child will grow up to be homosexual.
b. Injecting certain hormones at critical development stages into pregnant animals, such as rats and guinea pigs, can cause the offspring to exhibit homosexual behavior. c. Prenatal exposure to hormones is the most significant influence on sexual orientation later in life. d. Prenatal exposure to hormones has no effect on sexual orientation or sex-typed childhood behavior.
B
Why has research on bisexuality lagged behind research on gays and lesbians?
a. Researchers assumed that sexuality consisted of only two categories—homosexual and heterosexual.
b. Bisexuality doesn't really exist; researchers understood early on that bisexuality is only a transitional identity as homosexuals come out of the closet and gain self-acceptance. c. Research on this topic has been suppressed by political and religious groups. d. Research on bisexuality has not lagged behind; because this identity is thought of as even more deviant and problematic than other sexual-minority identities, researchers have always been very interested in it.
A
Which of the following statements best captures ancient Jews’ and early Christians’ attitudes toward homosexuality?
a. Homosexuality was strongly condemned in numerous ancient religious writings, but not punished when it was discovered.
b. Homosexuality was considered a grave sin, and was punishable by death. c. Both Jesus and Saint Paul made a number of pronouncements against homosexuality, and early Christians in particular were very concerned with this moral issue. d. Early Jews and Christians didn't really treat homosexuality with much concern or interest.
D
Your sister Ranjit has just come out to your family as lesbian. Your mother is worried because she has heard that lesbians often have poorer physical and mental health than heterosexual women do. What should you tell your mother to do for Ranjit so that her well-being and physical health are best protected?
a. Help Ranjit get a good job with good pay; economic security is related to health and well-being for lesbian women in particular.
b. Offer Ranjit personal acceptance and support; such support, especially from mothers, is related to health and well-being for lesbians. c. Encourage Ranjit to move to an urban area where she can meet other lesbians; living in such an area will help protect her health. d. Encourage Ranjit to go to church; religiosity is associated with physical health especially strongly for lesbians.
B
The Sambia people of Papua New Guinea believe that boys must receive both mother’s milk and man’s milk (semen) to mature properly as men. Therefore, all Sambian prepubescent boys fellate post-pubescent boys until the boys reach age 18, when they marry women and live as heterosexuals for the rest of their lives. This practice is called what?
a. homosexual-heterosexual conversion
b. sequential homosexuality c. adolescent homosexual conditioning d. longitudinal homosexuality
B
Until how recently was homosexual behavior punishable by death in the United States?
a. Although homosexual behaviors have been illegal since colonial times, punishment was never this severe in the United States.
b. until the late 18th century c. until the mid 19th century d. until the beginning of the 20th century
B
Which of the following is likely to be the MOST IMPORTANT factor in explaining why homosexual youths have higher levels of depression than heterosexual youths do?
a. the difficulty in finding a stable dating/relationship partner
b. the negative portrayals of gays and lesbians in the media c. the high levels of stigmatization and discrimination that such youths experience d. strong feelings of internalized homophobia
C
Why does your textbook use the term homophobia to describe negative attitudes toward homosexuality?
a. because it accurately conveys the pathological fear of same-sex sexuality that lies at the root of such negative attitudes
b. because it is the only term that researchers have ever proposed for these attitudes c. because it precisely describes the personal biases against homosexuals that some people experience, without referring to negative cultural attitudes that most people in a given culture hold d. because it is the generally accepted term for such attitudes
D
Which of the following does the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid (KSOG) NOT consider when determining sexual orientation?
a. a respondent
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s behavior, fantasy, and social preferences
b. a respondent's age, race, and ethnicity c. a respondent's past, present, and ideal sexualities d. a respondent's self-identification
B
Approximately what percentage of gay youth are forced to leave home as a result of their sexual orientation?
a. 7%
b. 15% c. 26% d. 57%
C
Matthew is the oldest of six boys (and no girls) in his family, and he wonders how having so many brothers might affect the sexual orientation of the younger boys. What can you tell him about this?
a. The younger brothers are more likely than average to be gay.
b. The younger brothers are less likely than average to be gay. c. The older brothers (including Matthew) are more likely to be gay, but the younger brothers are no more likely than average to be gay. d. Birth order and number of brothers is unrelated to later sexual orientation.
A
What are the three basic instincts that developed into love, according to evolutionary theorists?
a. the need of the parent to protect the child, the need to be protected from outside threats, and the sexual drive
b. the need to pass along one's genetic material, the need of the parent to protect the child, and the sexual drive c. the need to be protected from outside threats, the need to pass along one's genetic material, and the sexual drive d. the need for intimacy, the sexual drive, and the need to be protected from outside threats
A
What are the three elements of love, according to Robert Sternberg?
a. passion, affection, and intimacy
b. affection, intimacy, and commitment c. commitment, affection, and passion d. commitment, intimacy, and passion
D
Your friend Chelsea’s boyfriend Benjamin is a total jerk. She has just discovered that he has cheated on her with two different partners. To get back at him, she gets drunk and makes out with a girl she meets in a bar. Later, she leaves the bar with an old boyfriend and spends the night with him. Which of the following statements is likely to be true?
a. Chelsea is least jealous of Benjamin
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s fling with his roommate Graham.
b. Chelsea is least jealous of Benjamin's one-night stand with his coworker Anna. c. Benjamin is least jealous of Chelsea's making out with the girl from the bar. d. Benjamin is least jealous of Chelsea's one-night stand with her old boyfriend.
C
How would Sternberg classify a relationship in which none of the three elements of love is present?
a. empty love
b. fatuous love c. nonlove d. liking
C
Intimacy style between couples in different cultures has been shown to relate to which of the following two aspects of the culture?
a. how individualistic or collectivistic the culture is, and how strictly it adopts stereotypical gender roles
b. how individualistic or collectivistic the culture is, and how it views relational dependence c. how important the idea of romantic love is to the culture, and how strictly it adopts stereotypical gender roles d. how individualistic or collectivistic the culture is, and how much it values romantic love
A
Which of the following is NOT true about people who score high on the androgyny scale?
a. They are more aware of their love feelings than those who score high on the masculinity scale.
b. They are more willing to express faults than those who score high on the masculinity scale. c. They are more willing to express faults than those who score high on the femininity scale. d. They are more tolerant than those who score highly on the femininity scale.
B
Which of the following is NOT true about our current understanding of love?
a. Love has been a component of love songs and poems throughout written history.
b. Humans are unique in their ability to experience romantic love. c. There are distinct, different types of love that are based on the recipient. d. The mystery of love is part of its attraction.
C
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of companionate love?
a. deep feelings of affection
b. intimacy and ease c. a willingness to sacrifice for the partner d. idealizing the partner
D
If Muna goes on a blind date in a hot, crowded restaurant, what would a behavioral reinforcement theorist predict?
a. She will like her date more than if the room had been cold.
b. Having so many people around will help Muna and her date feel more comfortable with each other, and therefore like each other more, than they would if the room were not crowded. c. Muna and her date will be likely to dislike each other. d. Muna and her date's reaction to one other will not matter based on the temperature or amount of people in the room.
C
What does author Dean Ornish discuss in his 1999 best-selling book?
a. The evolutionary drives behind people falling in love
b. The 5 languages of love and how they influence attachment types in adulthood c. The impact of love and intimacy on a person's physical health and well-being d. The phenomenon of failure to thrive in children, due to lack of love an intimacy
C
Which of the following is NOT an important intimacy skill?
a. listening
b. passion c. trust d. affection
B
You are watching a man and a woman interact in a bar. They appear to be strangers to one another, but you think that they are attracted to one another. Suddenly something happens that makes you change your mind—maybe they don’t like each other so much after all. What is it?
a. The man touches the woman
’
s arm, and she backs away slightly.
b. The woman looks the man in the eye, and he looks back at her, holding her gaze for a long time. c. The man turns his body so he is sitting in a similar posture to the woman, making him appear somewhat feminine. d. The woman tosses her hair to one side and nods at something the man has just said, which you cannot hear.
A
People in which of the following countries would be most likely to think of love in terms of how a mate will be received by family and community, rather that in terms of an individual’s own sense of romance?
a. France
b. China c. the United States d. Italy
B
What has been found to be true about Zick Rubin’s early and innovative scientific measure of love?
a. Although Rubin was one of the first to try to scientifically measure love, his scale is not very powerful at predicting important relationship outcomes.
b. His scale is very powerful; it is correlated not only with the probability that a couple will get married, but even with how often they will gaze at each other. c. His scale accurately predicts some trivial things about lovers' behavior, such as how often a couple will gaze at each other, but it does not correlate with important behavior such as getting married. d. His scale correlates with the likelihood that a couple will marry, but cannot predict smaller, micro-level relationship behaviors such as how often a couple gazes at each other, possibly because such characteristics vary too much from couple to couple.
B
Which of the following types of theories suggests that we begin to think we have feelings of liking or loving for someone when we notice that we are spending a lot of time with them and doing nice things for them?
a. behavioral reinforcement theories
b. cognitive theories c. physiological arousal theories d. evolutionary theories
B
Which of the following statements about trust in a long-term relationship is TRUE?
a. Close relationships have a
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curative
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effect on trust in men and women. The longer they exist, the more trust can build.
b. Trust actually decreases in long-term romantic relationships, because partners have more opportunities to betray one another, and betrayal becomes more likely as passion erodes. c. Close relationships have a curative effect on trust only for women whose parents were divorced. d. Close relationships have a curative effect on trust for men, but, because of men's greater incidence of infidelity and substance abuse, long-term relationships actually are associated with decrements in trust over time for heterosexual women.
A
Your wealthy and handsome friend Andrew is starring on the reality television show “The Bachelor.” In this week’s episode, he has only four young women left to choose from. Based on what you know about factors influencing attraction, which contestant would you predict will be ELIMINATED after this week’s program?
a. Taissa, who coincidentally lives in the apartment just below Andrew
’
s penthouse, and has frequently been filmed all season running into him accidentally in humorous situations apart from their formal dates.
b. Hannie, who loves to windsurf, majored in business in college, and is a successful entrepreneur, all just like Andrew himself. c. Katie, who was a Miss America finalist last year, and who is the most devastatingly good-looking woman on the show, in your opinion. d. Teresa, the most sensual and seductive contestant, who clearly has a lot of "chemistry" with Andrew—their dramatic fights, with the cinematic implication of passionate "make-up" sex between them afterwards, have been prominently featured on the show all season.
D
What is self-love, according to your text?
a. being conceited or narcissistic
b. promoting ourselves and our good qualities openly to others c. being at ease with our positive qualities and forgiving ourselves for our faults d. being confident about our positive qualities, and actively working to improve our faults
C
Payam likes to play the “game” of love. He enjoys the act of seduction, but is not interested in commitment or dependency. According to John Allan Lee, which love style does Payam have?
a. Eros
b. Ludus c. Storge d. Mania
B
Your friend Peter would really like to meet someone he could fall in love with and spend the rest of his life with. Based on what you have read in your text, where would you suggest he go to find the most compatible lifetime mate?
a. on vacation in an exotic foreign country, where he will be away from the stress of everyday life and free to meet one of the locals
b. to live in a new city, somewhere very different from where he grew up, because he is likely to meet an exciting new mate after a move c. somewhere he can meet someone who has very different views from his about just about everything. d. at a party that Peter's childhood friend is having, where he can meet someone very similar to himself
D
Which of the following statements is true about the metaphorical imagery in the biblical Song of Solomon?
a. Although it depicts the relationship between a garden and its gardener, in reality it is an allegory about romantic love between men and women.
b. It is highly erotic and sexual. c. It has been banned by some schools because of its frankly sexual language. d. Your text uses it as an example to show that in biblical times, there was no concept of romantic love.
B
In which country would a handsome but poor male have the best prospects of finding a female mate?
a. the United States
b. France c. Brazil d. Japan
B
romantic love
idealized love, based on romance and perfection
idealized love, based on romance and perfection
romantic love
companionate love
an intimate form of love that involves friendly affection and deep attachment based on a familiarity with the loved one
an intimate form of love that involves friendly affection and deep attachment based on a familiarity with the loved one
companionate love
what are the 3 elements of love according to Sternberg?
passion, intimacy, committment
