Exam 6: Haptics: Engaging Physical Contact and Touch

When brides and grooms and their families stand in a receiving line to greet guests and shake hands, they are participating in a form of ritualistic touch.

After each hockey game, Aaron and his teammates line up as the opposing team skates by shaking hands, engaging in which of the following functions of touch?

While touch is a significant social force among people who a familiar with each other, but positive casual touch rarely improves personal evaluations among strangers.

When Thomas was a young boy, his father spent many hours teaching him how to shake hands like a man. He would grab Thomas' small hand forcefully, squeeze tight, and move it up and down firmly, focusing on aspects of the ______ approach.

Individuals with which of the following types of attachment are likely to believe "I'm not okay and you're not okay."

When Lindsay was born, both of her parents were suffering from substance use disorder and were unable to offer her the care and attention she required. The situation quickly deteriorated, local social welfare professionals became aware of her situation, and she was placed in a series of foster care homes. As an adult, Lindsay had difficulty forming healthy relationships with men due in large part to her early experience of ______ attachment.

Across the United States, people are generally likely to express similar degrees of comfort with touch.

Identify and describe, using an example, the six functions of touch associated with a relational outcome that can be accomplished by engaging in that touch.

Kevin had been in a committed relationship with Shelby for several years and was aware of her fear of flying. When he asked her to travel home with him for Christmas, a trip that required a long plane flight, he realized he was asking a lot. As they sat side by side on their flight, Kevin reached out and gently held Shelby's hand to communicate his appreciation and to offer comfort through ______ affect touch.

How does control touch differ from playful touch?

Affection Exchange Theory focuses on affection as a social adaptation related to a fundamental desire for relationships.

Which of the following theories about touch suggests that displaying affectionate behaviors are a way of demonstrating to a potential partner that we would be a good parent?

What distinguishes the touch behaviors of older people from those of younger people?

A securely attached individual is likely to believe "I'm okay and you're not okay."

Compare differences in the perception of touch between men and women and explain how these differences may result in challenges to cross-gender communication.

When infant monkeys in the Harlow Monkey Experiment needed comfort or a sense of security, they typically went to the "mother" that offered a pleasant soft fuzzy "body" to cling to.

Colin's mom was only 16 years old when he was born. She was overwhelmed by the responsibilities of taking care of a baby and when it was time to breastfeed Colin she often retreated to her bed, leaving him alone and crying in his crib. As an adult, Colin distrusted women because he anxiously anticipated the many ways they would disappoint him largely due to his early experience of ______ attachment.

A functional approach to touch doesn't look at each specific touch behavior but instead looks at the ______ that emerges from that touch.

The findings of the Harlow Monkey Experiment contradicted the conventional wisdom of many scientists of the time who argued that perceptions of affection and love were simply a natural response to receiving ______ from a maternal figure.

Scholar Kory Floyd's research has found that individuals generally respond ______ to affectionate touch in specific and measurable ways.