Deck 3: Relationships

Question 1

Family systems theory's interpretation of the traditional Japanese mother-child relationship is:

A) Economically biased
B) Culturally biased
C) Culturally accurate
D) Historically accurate
E) Politically biased

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Fisher's (2004) theory of love's three stages are:

A) Lust, intimacy, commitment
B) Lust, intimacy, attachment
C) Lust, romantic love, attachment
D) Friendship, lust, attachment
E) Friendship, intimacy, attachment

Answer 2

C

Question 3

fMRI scans show romantic love involves:

A) Serotonin and acetylcholine
B) Dopamine and cytosine
C) Dopamine and serotonin
D) Dopamine and oxytocin
E) Oxytocin and acetylcholine

Answer 3

D

Question 4

fMRI scans show the brain areas involved in romantic love include:

A) Motivation, sex, and reward centres
B) Motivation, sex, and attachment centres
C) Brainstem and reward centres
D) Brainstem and sex centres
E) Sex, reward, and hunger centres

Question 5

Criticisms of reward/need satisfaction theory include assumptions that:

A) People are very unselfish
B) People are basically selfish
C) People like being rewarded
D) People dislike being rewarded
E) People are basically kind

Question 6

The basis of social exchange theory is that relationships focus on:

A) Minimising costs as well as rewards
B) Maximising rewards and gifts
C) Maximising costs as well as rewards
D) Minimising rewards to be unselfish
E) Maximising rewards and minimising costs

Question 7

Equity theory suggests the importance of a relationship being:

A) Free and easy
B) Equal in possessions
C) Equal in earnings
D) Free and open
E) Fair or equitable

Question 8

Darwin called the selecting and passing on to successive generations of the genes for any characteristic that maximised survival/reproduction:

A) Natural success
B) Sexual selection
C) Natural selection
D) Sexual success
E) Natural sex

Question 9

Seemingly disadvantageous but reproductively advantageous characteristics can be preferentially passed on to successive generations by:

A) Sexual predation
B) Natural selection
C) Natural success
D) Natural sex
E) Sexual selection

Question 10

In humans the female parent's investment is greater than the male's because of her:

A) Pregnancy, childbirth, and lactation
B) Parental certainty
C) Lesser resources
D) Smaller size and lesser strength
E) Increased weight

Question 11

Hamilton and Zuk's (1982) version of the handicap hypothesis suggests that as well as good genes the behaviour of successful individuals indicates:

A) Good confidence
B) Robust good looks
C) A good self-image
D) Robust strength
E) Robust genes for good health

Question 12

Research suggests that women are more attracted by male features that signal:

A) Youthfulness and height
B) Fidelity and good looks
C) Good looks and youthfulness
D) Fidelity and resources
E) Height and resources

Question 13

Research suggests that men are more attracted by female features that signal:

A) Fidelity and resources
B) Fidelity and signs of fertility
C) Resources and success
D) Success and maturity
E) Maturity and signs of fertility

Question 14

Competition or selection between people of the same sex or sexual orientation for a sexual partner or mate is known as:

A) Dating selection
B) Intersexual selection
C) Courtship
D) Intrasexual selection
E) Mating

Question 15

Human child-rearing norms change with the times and also vary between cultures, suggesting that these norms are:

A) Due to nature not nurture
B) Genetic not cultural
C) Innate not learned
D) Cultural not genetic
E) Neither cultural nor genetic

Question 16

The Minnesota Longitudinal Study showed the relationship between early childhood non-romantic and adolescent/young adult romantic relationships is:

A) Incoherent
B) Coherent
C) Directly proportional
D) Inversely proportional
E) Random

Question 17

Seiffge-Krenke and Lang's (2002) research showed that the quality of adolescent romantic relationships and the commitment in adult relationships are related:

A) Exponentially
B) Non-causally
C) Causally
D) Inversely
E) Randomly

Question 18

Romantic relationships show much in common from culture to culture, but investigations comparing gender differences within cultures showed these were:

A) Unrelated to cultural differences
B) As great as cultural differences
C) Greater than cultural differences
D) Less than cultural differences
E) Too small to measure

Question 19

The setting in Western society of community and cultural norms about who is an acceptable romantic ""target"" is affected mainly by the:

A) Peer group
B) Parents
C) Social leaders
D) Religious leaders
E) Media