Deck 27: The Ups and Downs of Love

Question 1

The two-factor theory of emotion suggests that passionate love can be increased by

A)mere exposure.
B)the matching phenomenon.
C)secure attachment.
D)physical arousal.

Answer 1

physical arousal.

Question 2

Bill and Susie's relationship becomes progressively more intimate as each engages in self-revelation in response to the other's self-disclosure.Their relationship is marked by the _____ effect.

A)disclosure reciprocity
B)mutual disinhibition
C)reciprocal disinhibition
D)reciprocal fallacy

Answer 2

disclosure reciprocity

Question 3

The tendency for one person's intimacy of self-disclosure to match that of his or her partner is referred to as

A)the matching phenomenon.
B)disclosure reciprocity.
C)reciprocal devaluation.
D)mutual self-recognition.

Answer 3

disclosure reciprocity.

Question 4

Asians are less likely to divorce compared with North Americans because they

A)are less prone to self-focused individualism.
B)are more vulnerable to disillusionment.
C)focus more on personal feelings.
D)focus less on the practical aspects of social attachments.

Question 5

According to Berscheid,what is the formula for passionate love?

A)lust + adrenaline
B)adrenaline + attachment
C)lust + attachment
D)attachment + dopamine

Question 6

Research indicates that friendships and romantic relationships that form on the Internet are more likely than in-person relationships to

A)end abruptly.
B)last at least 2 years.
C)go nowhere.
D)be false.

Question 7

How do males and females differ in how they experience passionate love?

A)Men fall out of love faster than do women.
B)Men are less likely to break up a premarital romance than are women.
C)Men tend to fall in love less readily than do women.
D)Men are usually the last to say "I love you" in a heterosexual relationship.

Question 8

When the benefits are proportional to the contributions in a relationship,_____ exists.

A)anonymity
B)mutuality
C)equity
D)companionate love

Question 9

Psychologist Robert Sternberg views love as a triangle with three sides that include all which of the following?

A)restraint
B)passion
C)commitment
D)intimacy

Question 10

On social networks,

A)men always prefer male friends.
B)women always prefer female friends.
C)both men and women seem to prefer male friends.
D)both men and women seem to prefer female friends.

Question 11

In comparison with women,men fall in love more _____ and out of love more _____.

A)readily; readily
B)slowly; slowly
C)readily; slowly
D)slowly; readily

Question 12

In Rubin's research,strong-love couples differed from weak-love couples in that they

A)talked less to each other.
B)gazed more into each other's eyes.
C)smiled less at each other.
D)displayed more jealousy.

Question 13

Self-disclosure involves

A)protecting oneself by closing off a part of oneself from others.
B)stopping oneself from getting involved in an intimate relationship.
C)revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others.
D)closing down emotionally.

Question 14

Melanie believes that her boyfriend enjoys far more benefits from their relationship than she does because she invests more time,effort,and resources.Clearly,Melanie believes that her relationship with her boyfriend lacks

A)equity.
B)imbalance.
C)disclosure reciprocity.
D)loyalty.

Question 15

According to the text,the first step in scientifically studying romantic love is to

A)decide how to define and measure it.
B)manipulate it.
C)control all other factors that might influence it.
D)study the factors that might influence it.

Question 16

Schafer and Keith (1980)surveyed several hundred married couples and found that spouses who perceived inequity in their marriage felt more

A)distressed and depressed.
B)hostile.
C)altruistically satisfied.
D)motivated to work on the marriage.

Question 17

Which theory suggests that love is a function of physiological arousal along with the label that we give to our arousal?

A)the triangle theory
B)the two-factor theory
C)the correspondent inference theory
D)the reward theory

Question 18

Those involved in relationships marked by long-term equity

A)are highly likely to end their relationship abruptly.
B)are unconcerned with short-term equity.
C)make sure they reciprocate all favors without delay.
D)personalize conflict and act on gut feelings.

Question 19

According to Carl Rogers (1980),growth-promoting listeners have all of the following qualities

A)being genuine in revealing their own feelings.
B)being more interested in companionate relationships than in passionate relationships.
C)being empathetic reflective listeners.
D)being accepting of others' feelings.

Question 20

According to the two-factor theory of emotion,being aroused by _____ should intensify passionate feelings.

A)pornography on video or in magazines
B)sight and smell
C)any source
D)exercise

Question 21

Successful couples differ from unsuccessful couples in that they

A)restrain gut-level reactions.
B)personalize conflict.
C)are more individualistic.
D)never argue.

Question 22

John Gottman (1994,1998)noted that healthy marriages were necessarily marked by

A)more affection than criticism.
B)a lack of conflict.
C)an ability to reconcile differences.
D)more compliments than criticisms.

Question 23

According to Rusbult and her colleagues,which is one of the three ways of coping with a failing relationship?

A)loyalty-awaiting improvement
B)neglect-ignoring the partner
C)voice-seeking to improve the relationship
D)denial-denying the problem exists

Question 24

Individualistic cultures have _____ divorce rates when compared with communal cultures.

A)greater
B)slightly lower
C)the same
D)significantly lower

Question 25

Couples usually stay married if they

A)are of different age groups.
B)married before age
20)
C)cohabited before marriage.
D)live in a small town.

Question 26

According to the text,which characteristic is true of people who usually stay married?

A)They married after age
20)
B)They are well and similarly educated.
C)They cohabited or became pregnant before marriage.
D)They live in a small town.

Question 27

According to Huston and colleagues (2001),which of the following is likely to predict divorce?

A)arguments
B)coldness
C)disillusionment
D)hopelessness