Exam 8: Interpersonal Attraction and Close Relationships

A recent study in which women at a shelter were interviewed found that the women's commitment to remaining in a relationship was determined by:

A longitudinal study of participants before and one or two years after they had become connected with the Internet (Kraut et al., 1998) found that greater use of the Internet was associated with:

Based on Schachter's (1959) study involving a Dr. Gregor Zilstein, which of the following has an important effect on affiliation?

In their field study of patients about to undergo major surgery, Kulik and Mahler found that patients preferred to:

Which of the following have been identified as attachment orientations

Under which of these circumstances is similarity likely to lead to decreased liking?

A distressing subjective state of perceived deficiencies in a person's relationship is a description of:

Sometimes we tend to like even obnoxious people because we expect to have further interaction with them. This is referred to as:

Levinger and Snoek (1972) propose that interpersonal relationships can be described in terms of a series of identifiable stages. How many are there?

A lack of a network of friends acquaintances and colleagues refers to what type of loneliness?

Rubin found that scores on scales measuring liking and loving were moderately related. What distinguished loving from liking?

Aron, Paris, and Aron (1995) found that falling in love is accompanied by:

According to the equity theory of personal relations, people:

When people are aware of each other and interact in rather casual terms, the relationship is described as:

We do not like people who disclose highly personal information to us if:

The finding that people pair off with others who are about as attractive as themselves is known as:

We are more likely to become friends with people we see frequently. This is the effect of:

Which of the following is true of Dion, Berscheid and Walster's (1972) study of ratings given to very attractive, average, and unattractive persons? The attractive person was:

The strongest predictor of satisfaction is rewards and costs. Such a statement supports:

In a study by Seligman, Fazio and Zanna, people completed sentences about love which began with '... because I' or '... in order to ...'. Subsequently, participants who had filled out the 'in order to' sentences scored __________ than the other group.