Question 1

According to your text, which of the following statements about recent research is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Love that lasts involves accepting your partner as s/he is now.
B)  Sexual desire is an important component of long lasting love
C)  Long lasting love requires the desire to put your mate's well being above your own.
D)  All of the above. D

Question 2

What is exogamy?

Accepted Answer

A)  The idea that we must marry outside of certain groups, like close cousins.
B)  The idea that some people never get over a particular ex-mate though they are in new relationships.
C)  The idea that some people have affairs with their most recent exes while partnered with someone new.
D)  The idea that some relationships produce more external social friction than others. A

Question 3

All aspects of life as a young adult college student have changed over the past 50 years.Recent studies seeking to see whether heterosexual expectations of dating experiences have stayed the same found that

Accepted Answer

A)  Role scripts have also changed dramatically.
B)  Women are no longer perceived as the "gatekeepers" of sexual contact.
C)  Most men no longer expect to be the initiators of dating activity.
D)  Most men had higher expectations of sexual activity than women did. D

Question 4

What does social exchange theory have to do with interpersonal attraction?

Accepted Answer

A)  It explains the importance of the process for each person in terms of cash resources.
B)  It explains the importance of the process for each person in terms of motivations to act.
C)  It explains how the process through which people move from one mate to another.
D)  All of the above.

Question 5

According to your text, out of the following combinations of people who are dating, who is most likely to value friendship before dating?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gay men
B)  Straight women
C)  Lesbian women
D)  Bisexual men

Question 6

Passionate love tends to feel intoxicating and overwhelming and resembles what we see depicted as love in much of Western popular culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

From an evolutionary perspective, what do men want most when searching for a mate?

Accepted Answer

A)  As many reproductive partners as possible
B)  Women who physically appear to be fertile
C)  Women who appear to be needy
D)  Both A and B are correct.

Question 8

According to your text, the filter theory of mate selection may be useful when trying to understand how

Accepted Answer

A)  people find long term relationships that start as online interactions.
B)  most relationships are formed solely on the principles of reproductive fitness.
C)  some seemingly incompatible people are able to form long lasting relationships.
D)  None of the above

Question 9

Most recent studies of the perception of female body image agree that

Accepted Answer

A)  Men prefer women to be as thin as possible, in keeping with our popular culture's depiction of women.
B)  Men are much harder on women when rating female bodies than women are.
C)  Women are much harder on women when rating f3male bodies than men are.
D)  Women tend to think that men want them to be curvier than they actually are.

Question 10

Passionate love is ____________________ in long-term loving relationships.

Accepted Answer

A)  present for the long run
B)  mostly present after long partnerships
C)  mostly present at the beginning of partnerships
D)  largely irrelevant

Question 11

For which of the following groups, if any, values emotional intimacy more quickly and more intensely in dating relationships?

Accepted Answer

A)  Straight women
B)  Gay men
C)  Lesbian women
D)  A & C only

Question 12

_______ forms of dating can lead to cohabitation or marriage.

Accepted Answer

A)  Casual (e.g., hooking up) 
B)  Contemporary
C)  None of the above
D)  A & B only

Question 13

It is perfectly safe to interact with people you meet online, as long as you Google them before you meet them to check for questionable activity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

____________ are quickly replacing bars as the default route to meeting available single people.

Accepted Answer

A)  Churches
B)  House parties
C)  Online interactions
D)  Flash mobs

Question 15

What is it about jealousy that makes it very difficult to research and understand comprehensively?

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Question 16

John Allen Lee's theoretical conceptualization of multiple types of love is similar to ideas expressed historically by the people of which culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Romans.
B)  Greeks.
C)  Early Christians.
D)  Ancient Pagans.

Question 17

Please explain how our families of origin and our past relationships can each influence the way in which we experience jealousy.

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Question 18

If someone perceives a threat that makes them jealous, does it matter whether the threat is real or imagined? Why or why not?

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Question 19

From an evolutionary perspective, what do women want most when searching for a mate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The highest quality reproductive partner possible
B)  Men who appear to be quite muscular
C)  Men who appear to be needy
D)  Both A and B are correct.

Question 20

What is one of the most common barriers to love that impacts your ability to meet your partner's needs? How might someone end up with this problem?

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Exam 8: The Path to Commitment: Attraction, Dating, and the Experiences of Love