Question 1

Maxine is a high school senior who has an unplanned pregnancy. Her friends and family ostracize her for having had sex before she was married. Her boyfriend, however, has not experienced any negative feedback for his sexual activity prior to marriage. This illustrates a(n)________________. ​

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Question 2

Describe the three ingredients in Sternberg's triangle.

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Question 3

When men can get sex without offering much in return, women derive relatively more benefit from their sexual favors.

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When men can get sex without offering much in return, it typically reduces the perceived value or benefit of sexual favors for women, as it implies a lower level of commitment or investment from men.

Question 4

_____ is a theory of sexuality asserting that the sex drive has been shaped by natural selection and that its forms thus tend to be innate.

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Question 5

In general, sex is more physically and emotionally satisfying for ________________ people. ​

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Question 6

_____ refers to an emotional state characterized by high bodily arousal, such as increased heart rate and blood pressure.

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Question 7

Jack brought his wife flowers. She thinks, "Oh, great! What has he screwed up now?" Jack later left his underwear on the floor, and his wife thought, "Geez, isn't that just typical of him. He is so lazy!" Jack's wife has a(n)________________ style of attribution.

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Question 8

While communal relationships are based on a norm of mutual respect and concern, exchange relationships are based on a norm of ________________. ​

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Question 9

Men who have been primed to think about sex are more likely to wait for more money later than to settle for less money at the present.

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Studies have shown that men who have been primed to think about sex are more likely to prefer immediate rewards, including financial ones, rather than waiting for a larger reward in the future. This is thought to be due to an increase in impulsive behavior triggered by sexual cues.

Question 10

When people suspect that their spouse has been cheating on them, they are right MOST of the time.

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Studies and psychological research have shown that intuition and close relationship dynamics often lead individuals to accurately sense when their partner is being unfaithful, making suspicions of infidelity correct more often than not.

Question 11

Differentiate between exchange relationships and communal relationships.

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Question 12

Regarding yourself as a good person "as is" is known as ________________. ​

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Question 13

_____ are theories asserting that attitudes and behaviors, including sexual desire and sexual behavior, are strongly shaped by culture and socialization.

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Question 14

Is passionate love merely a product of Western culture?

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Question 15

According to Sternberg ' s triangular theory of love, the three ingredients in love are passion, commitment, and ________________.

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Question 16

Social psychologists use the term ________________ to refer to the fact that a man cannot be sure that children born to his female partner are genetically his.

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Question 17

The _____ is the tendency of happy couples to attribute their partner's good acts to internal factors and bad acts to external factors.

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Question 18

The so-called double standard for women versus men-with respect to sexual behavior-is supported more by women than it is by men.

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Research has shown that women often uphold and enforce traditional gender norms, including the sexual double standard, more than men do. This can be due to internalized societal norms and the pressure to conform to expected behaviors.

Question 19

In John Bowlby ' s research on infant attachment styles, infants who were emotionally distant, slow to trust others, and unwilling to depend on others were said to have a(n)________________ attachment style.

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Question 20

Rusbult and her colleagues developed a theory called the ____, with three factors-satisfaction, quality of available alternatives, and how much the individual has invested in the relationship.

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Quiz 12: Close Relationships: Passion, Intimacy, and Sexuality