Chapter 5 STUDY GUIDE
Unrequited love is most likely to be experienced by people with _____ attachment style.
secure NOT NOT NOT {WRONG}
Which of the following is a central feature of romantic love? Group of answer choices
sharing thoughts and secrets
Bridget is very attractive. Therefore, others assume she is also intelligent and kind. This phenomenon is referred to as:
the halo effect
Our commitment to a relationship will remain high as long as we judge the relationship to be successful.
true
Reactive jealousy is jealousy that occurs when a partner reveals a current, past, or anticipated relationship with another person.
true
Romantic love begins to increase as the children grow up and leave home.
true
Secure adults find it relatively easy to get close to others.
true
The transformation of passionate love is often experienced as a crisis in a relationship.
true
There is a distortion in our understanding of love because there is a feminization of love.
true
Love in same-sex relationships:
is NOT NOT NOT{WRONG} based more on sexual attraction than it is in heterosexual relationships.
jealousy:
is a yardstick for measuring insecurity or possessiveness.
Our commitment to a relationship will remain high as long as we:
judge the relationship to be successful.
When we first meet someone, intimacy increases rapidly as we:
make critical discoveries about each other.
Intimate relationships provide us with which of the following benefits?
Enhancing our self-esteem
For Erika and John, love is a game, something to play at rather than become deeply involved in. This illustrates:
ludus
For Allen and Sara, love involves sleepless nights and painful, anxiety-filled days. This illustrates: Group of answer choices
mania
Romantic love has been the basis for family formation in the United States for:
most of the last two centuries
Marital commitments may last longer than those of unmarried couples because:
norms and structural constraints compensate for the lack of personal satisfaction.
Meg tends to anticipate and overreact to rejection. Meg's behavior is an example of:
rejection sensitivity
Infants who sense their mother's detachment and rejection when they desire close bodily contact develop a(n) _____________ attachment style.
Avoident
Which of the following statements regarding sex differences in jealousy is true?
Gender differences in jealousy have been found in the U.S., China, Germany, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, and Sweden
Bill and Linda have a type of love that is chaste, patient, and understanding. John Lee refers to this as:
agape
Managing jealousy requires which of the following? Group of answer choices
The recognition by each partner of the feelings and motivation of the other
According to attachment theory:
all important love relationships are attachments.
Which of the following encounters best represents a closed field? Group of answer choices
a small dinner party
Lucy feels unworthy of love and needs approval from others. She fears that her boyfriend does not really love her. Her attachment style is:
anxious/ambivalent.
Factors affecting commitment include:
balance of cost and benefits
According to your text, intimacy refers to:
closeness between 2 people
Companionate love consists of:
commitment and intimacy.
Those who are dissatisfied with __________ love often engage in extra-relational affairs to maintain the passion in their lives.
companionate
Love between companions is called ludus.
false
Most passionate relationships have dramatic break-ups.
false
Researchers agree that attachment styles in adulthood are a result of early childhood experiences.
false
Romantic love is usually unimportant in long-term relationships.
false
True love always involves some jealousy from time to time.
false
Women are associated with neither instrumental displays nor expressive displays in relationships.
false
_______ or deceptive love is whirlwind love; it begins the day a couple meets and quickly results in cohabitation or engagement, then marriage.
fatuous
_____ is the tendency to marry people much like ourselves.
homogamy
Which of the components of Sternberg's theory of love refers to the elements of romance, attraction, and sexuality in a relationship?
passion
Maddie is very jealous even though there is no reason to believe her boyfriend is unfaithful. Maddie is experiencing which type of jealousy?
suspicious
Kate decided to leave her husband because she believed she was putting much more into the relationship than she was getting out of it. Kate's decision to leave was affected by:
the balance of cost and benefits
"Nothing serious" is the motto of ludic lovers.
true
According to Diamond, romantic love does not require sexual desire.
true
In both friendship and love, gender differences may be more exaggerated in what people say than by what people do.
true
Men expect more sexual intimacy on dates initiated by women.
true
