Deck 3: Love

Question 1

Brain reactions to being rejected by a lover are similar to withdrawal from ____.

A)caffeine
B)cocaine
C)alcohol
D)None of these choices.There are no significant "withdrawal symptoms."

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Intimacy develops when:

A)the couple has emotional sex b the person discloses information and perceives the partner as caring about the disclosure
C)partners hide negative aspects of themselves to avoid relationship derailment
D)the partners drink wine together and engage in foreplay and sex

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In America, the theme is ____, which focuses on personal fulfillment and love.

A)collectivism
B)personism
C)individualism
D)socialism

Answer 3

C

Question 4

According to Buunk et al. (2010), what makes a woman jealous is ____.

A)a rival who presents herself with extreme confidence
B)a rival who is more intelligent
C)a rival who is physically attractive
D)a rival who is physically affectionate with her partner in public

Question 5

The love style where one partner keeps the other at a distance and dates other people simultaneously is:

A)ludus
B)eros
C)mania
D)agape

Question 6

According to Riela et al. (2010), 56% of 239 respondents said that they:

A)took forever to fall in love
B)fell in love at medium speed
C)fell in love fast
D)paid no attention to how fast they fell in love

Question 7

One researcher studied hard (angry) and soft (depressive) emotions and found that when one partner displayed hard emotions, the other partner:

A)mirrored those emotions
B)displayed the opposite emotions
C)tried to console (soften) the partner
D)became nonresponsive

Question 8

Which of the following is not a primary factor used to explain why a relationship lasts?

A)the belief that one's alternatives are poor
B)one's important needs already being met
C)avoiding the disapproval of loving parents
D)the investment of resources into the relationship

Question 9

The word love is polysemous. This means that the word love:

A)is the ultimate private emotional couple experience
B)is ubiquitous across races and ethnic identities
C)is known thorought the world
D)has numerous meanings

Question 10

What today is known as erotic melancholy, in the 16^th century was called ____.

A)pathological disregard
B)inability to cope
C)emotional obsessive disorder
D)lovesickness

Question 11

What is the most common love style of college-age women and men?

A)ludus
B)eros
C)mania
D)agape

Question 12

The love a parent has for a child is:

A)ludus
B)eros
C)mania
D)agape

Question 13

Involvement in a romantic relationship:

A)is associated with increasing one's happiness only if the person is an introvert
B)is associated with increasing one's happiness only if the person is an extrovert
C)is associated with increasing one's happiness independent of one's personality
D)is associated with increasing one's happiness only if the person is bipolar

Question 14

In Asian cultures, the theme of ____ focuses on family and altruism.

A)collectivism
B)socialism
C)communism
D)individualism

Question 15

Compassionate love is also known as:

A)agape love
B)ludic love
C)conjugal love
D)emotional love

Question 16

What is a psychological factor associated with predicting that one will fall in love?

A)principle of least interest
B)principle of comparative attractiveness
C)principle of complementary attractiveness
D)principle of reciprocal liking

Question 17

Algoe et al. (2010) found that ____ was associated with feelings of relationship connection and satisfaction.

A)gratitude
B)physical chemistry
C)humility
D)contriteness

Question 18

In a study of 1000 adults, ____ percent believed in the concept of a soul mate.

A)6 percent
B)16 percent
C)66 percent
D)86 percent

Question 19

Plant et al. (2010) emphasized that a love relationship with a partner can provide such profound benefits that the person will ____ when they feel attracted to another.

A)embrace a new partner
B)hide from their partner
C)feel guilty
D)divert themselves

Question 20

____ love may be the most enduring of all loves; it does not depend on reciprocation.

A)Conjugal
B)Compassionate
C)Cohort
D)Romantic

Question 21

Using the evolutionary theory of love, when is a couple with one child likely to divorce?

A)within the first year after the child is born
B)within the fourth year after the child is born
C)just before the puberty of the child
D)at the time a pregnancy is confirmed with a second child

Question 22

Ira Reiss's wheel theory of love has all of the following elements except:

A)personality need fulfillment
B)mutual dependency
C)libido attraction
D)self-revelation

Question 23

What percent of the marriages in China, India, and Indonesia, which together represent 40 percent of the world's population, are arranged by parents?

A)10 percent
B)20 percent
C)40 percent
D)80 percent

Question 24

According to Freud's psychosexual theory, love results from:

A)blocked biological sexual desires
B)projecting one's love for oneself onto another person
C)projecting one's love for one's parents onto another person
D)removal of repressed negative memories to allow for the blossoming of love

Question 25

Phenylethylamine (PEA) is a(n) ____ substance produced in the brain that is associated with people's reporting that they are experiencing love feelings.

A)amphetamine-like
B)hallucinogen-like
C)analgesic-like
D)barbiturate-like

Question 26

Maria and Max have just begun to see each other regularly. Based on a study of 2922 undergraduates, who is more likely to fall in love first?

A)Maria
B)Max
C)both at the same time
D)no way to predict

Question 27

What style of love might grandparents have for each other?

A)storge
B)ludus
C)agape
D)pragma

Question 28

Which theory of love emphasizes the emotional bonding of two adults to care for infants?

A)ontological
B)psychosexual
C)ego-ideal
D)evolutionary

Question 29

Sternberg's concept of liking is which of the following?

A)intimacy and commitment without passion
B)passion and commitment without intimacy
C)intimacy without passion or commitment
D)passion without possessiveness

Question 30

In regard to using their "heart" or "head" in making relationship choices:

A)most college students reported using their heart
B)most college students reported using their head
C)most college students reported that they alternated-it was about half and half
D)most college students reported that they "didn't know"-they had never thought about it

Question 31

The "four year itch" identified by Fisher is:

A)the fourth year of marriage, when husbands first cheat
B)the time when both spouses consider experimenting with others
C)the time when wives evaluate/decide if they want to have a second child
D)the term for when parents with one child are most likely to divorce

Question 32

What is the significance of the fact that 95 percent of U.S. adults marry within their race?

A)Our freedom to marry anyone we wish is paramount.
B)Less than five percent of our population can be regarded as individualistic thinkers.
C)Cultural and social influences have no real effect on our mate choices.
D)This is due to social influences; it is an illusion that we are free to marry anyone we want.

Question 33

Who is more likely to fall in love at first sight?

A)Women are more likely.
B)Men are more likely.
C)There is no gender difference.
D)Mo research is available on this issue.

Question 34

Diamond (2003) found that with regard to love:

A)individuals are biologically wired to fall in love with persons of the same sex
B)individuals are biologically wired to fall in love with persons of the other sex
C)individuals are biologically wired to fall in love with either sex
D)the direction of one's sexual and emotional desires is the same

Question 35

Another word for "conjugal" love is the love of ____ people.

A)single
B)divorced
C)married
D)cohabiting

Question 36

The term "infatuation" comes from the same root word as "fatuous," meaning:

A)brief or short-lived
B)insignificant or meaningless
C)silly or foolish
D)overflowing or abundant

Question 37

The hormone oxytocin has been referred to as the:

A)"jealousy chemical" because of its association with jealous feelings
B)"cuddle chemical" because of its significance in bonding
C)"erotic chemical" because of its high level in the bloodstream of before and after sex
D)"divorce chemical" because of its association with not being committed

Question 38

What term refers to being annoyed and disgusted by a repeated behavior of one's partner?

A)satiation
B)negative reinforcement
C)oxytocin
D)social allergy

Question 39

When men say "I love you," they use the phrase, more often than women, ____.

A)as a ploy to get the partner to become more emotionally involved
B)as a ploy to get the partner to have sex
C)as a ploy to get the partner to commit
D)none of the above

Question 40

When couples who fell in love at first sight were compared with those who did not, it was found that:

A)couples who fell in love at first sight have higher marital quality
B)couples who did not fall in love at first sight had higher marital quality
C)there is no difference in marital quality
D)no research is available on this issue

Question 41

Which of the following is least likely to report being jealous?

A)a married couple
B)an involved couple who are not cohabiting
C)a couple who are cohabiting
D)an on and off cohabiting couple

Question 42

Halpern et al. (2005) studied adolescent females and found that for each one point increase in body mass index (BMI), the probability of involvement in a romantic relationship
____ by 6%.

A)increased
B)decreased
C)decreased then increased
D)increased then decreased

Question 43

The psychological factor associated with predicting that one will fall in love is the principle of
reciprocal liking.

Question 44

Which of the following is not associated with high self-esteem?

A)feeling generally equal to others
B)taking responsibility for success and failure
C)accepting the strength and weaknesses of others
D)being successful in the economic arena

Question 45

Which of the following is true?

A)Heterosexual men are less likely to continue a relationship if their partner has a heterosexual affair.
B)Heterosexual men are less likely to continue a relationship if their partner has a homosexual affair.
C)Heterosexual men don't care if their partner has an affair (an unwritten understanding).
D)Heterosexual men have contracts with each other to use condoms for extrapartner sex.

Question 46

A ludic love style is the most frequent love style among college students.

Question 47

The more in love or committed individuals are, the less likely they are to use a condom.

Question 48

What psychological factor is associated with the development of love?

A)creativity
B)high I.Q.
C)self-disclosure
D)neuroticism

Question 49

Kate delights in her male partner having emotional and sexual relationships with other women. The term to describe this phenomenon is:

A)alter ego disorder
B)mania disorder
C)necronomia
D)compersion

Question 50

Which of the following is an example of anxious jealousy?

A)the murder of ex-wife by O.J.Simpson
B)obsessive ruminations about the partner's alleged infidelity
C)feeling hurt and confronting the partner when abandoned at a party
D)being upset when a partner is VERY late

Question 51

Jealousy is more likely to occur in new (less than a year old) relationships than older (more than a year old) relationships.

Question 52

What is likely to happen when Mary (a nonsmoker) falls in love with Brad (a smoker)?

A)Any change will be dependent on the degree to which Mary has moral character.
B)There is no data on what happens when a nonsmoker pair bonds with a smoker.
C)Mary will remain a nonsmoker.
D)Mary will begin to smoke.

Question 53

The most common reason(s) for stalking behavior is/are:

A)anger, jealousy, trying to win the partner back
B)the low self-concept of the stalker
C)awareness that the partner had sex with someone else
D)desire to hurt the partner

Question 54

Which of the following drug addiction qualities is not similar to a "love" addiction?

A)negative mood and sleep disturbance when separated from the love object
B)the ability to turn off an addiction by cognitive reversal rehearsal
C)euphoria and unrestrained desire in the presence of the love object
D)intrusive thoughts about the love object

Question 55

The phrase "love is polysemous" refers to the fact that love has numerous meanings.

Question 56

When a woman is experiencing jealousy, she is most likely to:

A)eat
B)exercise vigorously
C)drink
D)take drugs to cope with her depression

Question 57

What might be the effect of disclosing your tastes and interests to your partner?

A)The relationship satisfaction might increase.
B)The relationship satisfaction might decrease.
C)There is no effect.
D)It depends on the sexual orientation of the partners.

Question 58

Being romantically in love with one partner helps to deflect the development of a new love.

Question 59

Which of the following is most likely to include jealousy?

A)new relationships of less than one-year duration
B)a couple who live together
C)a married couple
D)relationships where one partner is thinking termination

Question 60

Individuals who have had the front part of their brain removed due to brain cancer:

A)are incapable of feeling love
B)develop a strong attraction and bond to the first individual they see after surgery
C)are only able to recognize individuals whom they love
D)have bouts of violent behavior (which can be controlled with medication)

Question 61

Identify the degree to which businesses have policies regarding workplace romances.

Question 62

Discuss the factors involved in explaining why two individuals stay in a relationship.

Question 63

Discuss the degree to which college students make relationship decisions with their heart
versus their head.

Question 64

Romantic love increases one's personal happiness, independent of the person's
personality. Even if you tend to be a happy person, love will make you happier.

Question 65

Contrast romantic and realistic love.

Question 66

Examine how love in the workplace can work to the advantage and disadvantage of workers
and employers.

Question 67

Discuss why the fourth year of marriage is associated with an increase in divorce rates.

Question 68

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of polyamory.

Question 69

There may be a physiological basis for jealousy: highly jealous individuals have higher levels
of estrogen.

Question 70

For all the joy love brings, it can become a context for having a lot of problems. How?

Question 71

Discuss the psychological conditions for the development of love.

Question 72

Discuss the various social, psychological, physiological, body type, and cognitive conditions
under which love develops.

Question 73

Discuss how media influence love.

Question 74

Compare how women and men cope with feeling jealous.

Question 75

Discuss the degree to which love can be "addictive." What are some associations with drug
addiction?

Question 76

Most companies have policies restricting romantic relationships between employees.

Question 77

Specify how parents in China, India, and Indonesia control who their children fall in love
with and who they marry.

Question 78

One researcher identified hard (angry) and soft (depression) emotions and found that
spouses counteracted each other's emotions-when one was angry, the other tended to be
soft.

Question 79

Specify the pros and cons of workplace romances.