Deck 7: Gender Communication and Romance

Question 1

The ingredient(s) necessary to nurture a romantic relationship include

A) Commitment
B) 'Passion
C) Intimacy
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

During the initiating stage, _____ tend to be affected by love at first sight.

A) Men more than women
B) Women more than men
C) Both men and women
D) None of the above.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Popular culture often fixates on romantic relationships.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

During the integrating stage

A) Our relationship deteriorates
B) We become a couple
C) Others perceive us as a pair
D) Both B and C

Question 5

During the ________ stage, our children become your children depending on whether the news about them is good or bad.

A) Circumscribing
B) Differentiating
C) Bonding each other
D) Integrating

Question 6

During this state, the partners do what they need to do to ensure that they will not need to relate to each other.

A) Stagnating
B) Avoiding
C) Initiating
D) None of the above

Question 7

Most American women expect that their spouse will be superior to them in

A) Intelligence
B) Ability
C) Education
D) Job Success
E) All of the above

Question 8

In romantic relationships,

A) Women fall in love first
B) Men fall in love first
C) Men and women fall in love at the same time
D) There is no research on this issue

Question 9

In monitoring a relationship approach them

A) Men use secret tests more than women
B) Men use secret tests less than women
C) Women use secret tests more than men
D) Women use secret tests less than men
E) Both B and C

Question 10

In sexual relationships,

A) Men believe that they are expected to initiate sexual play
B) Women wait for men to approach them
C) Both A and B
D) None of the above

Question 11

During the experimenting stage, women prefer to engage in shared activities.

Question 12

Women, not men tend to be the ones to terminate relationships.

Question 13

In lesbian bars, women often express their interest in other women simply by waiting quietly.

Question 14

Men spend more time thinking about how to strengthen relationships than women.

Question 15

Like men, gays in general are less aware of and less adroit at reading the nuances of person to person interaction.

Question 16

Online interaction can ________ us in a virtual spider web of contact.

A) Leave
B) Ensnare
C) Both A and B

Question 17

Stringing along a partner with an emoji is

A) An effective way to communicate
B) A cheap way of communicating
C) Is always appropriate

Question 18

When compared with their straight peers, gay and lesbian ouples place mre importance relation equality.

Question 19

Olympic athlete Caitlin Jenner

A) Transitioned to life as a woman
B) Transitioned tro life as a man
C) Did not transition