TEST BANK
Intimate Relationships
THOMAS N. BRADBURY, BENJAMIN R. KARNEY
3rd Edition
, Test Bank for Intimate Relationships, 3e
Thomas Bradbury, Benjamin Karney
CHAPTER 1: Love and Why It Matters
1. Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
a. Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being
i. Relationship status
ii. Relationship quality
iii. Associations with happiness
1. Physical health
2. Sexual intimacy
3. Financial well-being
a. Relationship transitions
iv. Subjective happiness
1. Selection effects
2. Protection effects
b. Intimate relationships influence the well-being of children
i. Role of relationship status, relationship quality, and relationship transitions
ii. Longitudinal effects and genetic influence
c. Intimate relationships contribute to larger communities
i. Social control theory
d. Intimate relationships are universal
i. Pairbonds
ii. Cross-cultural research on Western and Eastern cultures (individualistic vs.
collectivistic societies)
1. Role of globalization
a. Arranged marriages
b. Westernized values in intimate relationships
e. Intimate relationships determine the survival of our species
i. Natural selection and fitness
ii. Oxytocin
2. What Makes a Relationship Intimate?
a. Interdependence
i. Mutual influence
1. Between two individuals
2. Bidirectional
ii. Extends over time
iii. Necessary for intimacy (you cannot have intimacy without) but not sufficient
b. Social Relationships that are Personal Relationships
i. Impersonal versus personal relationships
c. Personal Relationships that are Close Relationships
i. Closeness
d. Close Relationships that are Intimate Relationships
i. Sexual passion between partners that could be expressed and shared
3. Love and the Essential Mystery of Intimate Relationships
a. Seven attributes of love
b. Components of love
c. Types of love
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,MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. You are taking part in a study on relationships and pain. You are asked to place your hand
in
freezing-cold water for as long as you can. It becomes quite painful after a few minutes.
Given what you know about the neurochemistry of close relationships, under what
condition do you think you would subjectively experience the least pain?
a. when there is a stranger in the room with his or her hand on your shoulder
b. when your romantic partner is in the room with you with his or her hand on your
shoulder
c. when you are alone in the room
d. when you are alone in the room but know your partner is in the room next door
ANS: B DIF: Difficult REF: Why Intimate Relationships Are
Important TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important MSC: Applied
2. Married versus unmarried couples differ in terms of their well-being. Although it could be
that being married provides benefits that lead to increases in well-being, it is also
possible that this is a “selection effect.” A selection effect occurs when
a. groups of people differ not because of something special about their group but
because they have chosen the group.
b. researchers do not randomly select the groups of people they are comparing,
which results in group differences.
c. couples selected mates based on compatible personalities and “love”
versus arranged marriages.
d. couples in one group are more satisfied because they are part of a
select group of high-functioning couples.
ANS: A DIF: Medium
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being MSC: Factual
3. Under what circumstances would something have a “protection effect”?
a. Something about a specific experience (e.g., being married) confers advantages or
benefits.
b. Random changes in genes from one generation to the next result in increased fitness.
c. Love leads to a strong desire to protect the object of affection.
d. The family circumstances of children influence the way children will manage
their own intimate relationships as adults.
ANS: A DIF: Easy
REF: Intimate Relationships Are Universal | Intimate Relationships Affect Our
Happiness and Well-Being | Intimate Relationships Influence the Well-Being of
Children
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being: Relationship status | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate
relationships affect subjective well-being: Relationship quality | Why Intimate
Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being:
Associations with happiness | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate
relationships affect subjective well-being: Subjective happiness
MSC: Factual
4. According to your textbook, relationship quality
a. is influenced by a wide range of factors.
b. is a central focus in research on intimate relationships.
c. determines why some relationships last and some do not.
d. All of the answer options are
correct. ANS: D DIF: Easy
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, REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being: Relationship quality MSC: Factual
5. Hari, Adam, and Neela went snowboarding and neglected to apply sunscreen. Now they all
have blisters on their faces. Hari lives with his romantic partner and they have a good
relationship, Adam is in a difficult relationship, and Neela has just broken up with her
romantic partner. Given what you know about health and relationships, what can we say
about their recovery?
a. Neela will recover the quickest because she does not have to worry about
taking care of another person.
b. Both Hari and Adam will recover more quickly than Neela because they are in
relationships.
c. Hari will recover the quickest because Adam’s relationship is difficult and Neela
just broke off a relationship.
d. All of them are likely to recover equally as fast.
ANS: C DIF: Medium
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being: Relationship quality | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate
relationships affect subjective well-being: Associations with happiness MSC: Applied
6. In close relationships, who is having the most sex?
a. single men and women c. single men
b. married men and women d. dating couples
ANS: B DIF: Easy
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being: Associations with happiness MSC: Factual
7. Regarding the research on links between relationship status and mental and physical
health, what can we conclude?
a. There is no link between being married and feeling greater general well-being.
b. People who are single and people who live with a relationship partner have
similar levels of personal well-being.
c. Even if the relationship is of poor quality, married people have greater well-
being than single people.
d. People who live with a relationship partner are slightly happier than people who live
alone.
ANS: D DIF: Easy
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being: Associations with happiness MSC: Factual
8. Tremayne and Jose have both been married to their partners for 30 years. Tremayne has
continued to feel satisfied in his relationship with his wife; Jose, on the other hand, has
found he has become less satisfied in his relationship over time. Both men suffer from
congestive heart failure and are participating in a study of relationships and health. Based
on material presented in the textbook, who would you expect to live longer?
a. Jose, because congestive heart failure patients are more likely to die when in
less satisfying intimate relationships.
b. Tremayne, because congestive heart failure patients are less likely to die
when in more satisfying intimate relationships.
c. Tremayne, because relationship quality is associated with less activation of
threat-related brain regions.
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Intimate Relationships
THOMAS N. BRADBURY, BENJAMIN R. KARNEY
3rd Edition
, Test Bank for Intimate Relationships, 3e
Thomas Bradbury, Benjamin Karney
CHAPTER 1: Love and Why It Matters
1. Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
a. Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being
i. Relationship status
ii. Relationship quality
iii. Associations with happiness
1. Physical health
2. Sexual intimacy
3. Financial well-being
a. Relationship transitions
iv. Subjective happiness
1. Selection effects
2. Protection effects
b. Intimate relationships influence the well-being of children
i. Role of relationship status, relationship quality, and relationship transitions
ii. Longitudinal effects and genetic influence
c. Intimate relationships contribute to larger communities
i. Social control theory
d. Intimate relationships are universal
i. Pairbonds
ii. Cross-cultural research on Western and Eastern cultures (individualistic vs.
collectivistic societies)
1. Role of globalization
a. Arranged marriages
b. Westernized values in intimate relationships
e. Intimate relationships determine the survival of our species
i. Natural selection and fitness
ii. Oxytocin
2. What Makes a Relationship Intimate?
a. Interdependence
i. Mutual influence
1. Between two individuals
2. Bidirectional
ii. Extends over time
iii. Necessary for intimacy (you cannot have intimacy without) but not sufficient
b. Social Relationships that are Personal Relationships
i. Impersonal versus personal relationships
c. Personal Relationships that are Close Relationships
i. Closeness
d. Close Relationships that are Intimate Relationships
i. Sexual passion between partners that could be expressed and shared
3. Love and the Essential Mystery of Intimate Relationships
a. Seven attributes of love
b. Components of love
c. Types of love
1|Page
,MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. You are taking part in a study on relationships and pain. You are asked to place your hand
in
freezing-cold water for as long as you can. It becomes quite painful after a few minutes.
Given what you know about the neurochemistry of close relationships, under what
condition do you think you would subjectively experience the least pain?
a. when there is a stranger in the room with his or her hand on your shoulder
b. when your romantic partner is in the room with you with his or her hand on your
shoulder
c. when you are alone in the room
d. when you are alone in the room but know your partner is in the room next door
ANS: B DIF: Difficult REF: Why Intimate Relationships Are
Important TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important MSC: Applied
2. Married versus unmarried couples differ in terms of their well-being. Although it could be
that being married provides benefits that lead to increases in well-being, it is also
possible that this is a “selection effect.” A selection effect occurs when
a. groups of people differ not because of something special about their group but
because they have chosen the group.
b. researchers do not randomly select the groups of people they are comparing,
which results in group differences.
c. couples selected mates based on compatible personalities and “love”
versus arranged marriages.
d. couples in one group are more satisfied because they are part of a
select group of high-functioning couples.
ANS: A DIF: Medium
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being MSC: Factual
3. Under what circumstances would something have a “protection effect”?
a. Something about a specific experience (e.g., being married) confers advantages or
benefits.
b. Random changes in genes from one generation to the next result in increased fitness.
c. Love leads to a strong desire to protect the object of affection.
d. The family circumstances of children influence the way children will manage
their own intimate relationships as adults.
ANS: A DIF: Easy
REF: Intimate Relationships Are Universal | Intimate Relationships Affect Our
Happiness and Well-Being | Intimate Relationships Influence the Well-Being of
Children
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being: Relationship status | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate
relationships affect subjective well-being: Relationship quality | Why Intimate
Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being:
Associations with happiness | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate
relationships affect subjective well-being: Subjective happiness
MSC: Factual
4. According to your textbook, relationship quality
a. is influenced by a wide range of factors.
b. is a central focus in research on intimate relationships.
c. determines why some relationships last and some do not.
d. All of the answer options are
correct. ANS: D DIF: Easy
2|Page
, REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being: Relationship quality MSC: Factual
5. Hari, Adam, and Neela went snowboarding and neglected to apply sunscreen. Now they all
have blisters on their faces. Hari lives with his romantic partner and they have a good
relationship, Adam is in a difficult relationship, and Neela has just broken up with her
romantic partner. Given what you know about health and relationships, what can we say
about their recovery?
a. Neela will recover the quickest because she does not have to worry about
taking care of another person.
b. Both Hari and Adam will recover more quickly than Neela because they are in
relationships.
c. Hari will recover the quickest because Adam’s relationship is difficult and Neela
just broke off a relationship.
d. All of them are likely to recover equally as fast.
ANS: C DIF: Medium
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being: Relationship quality | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate
relationships affect subjective well-being: Associations with happiness MSC: Applied
6. In close relationships, who is having the most sex?
a. single men and women c. single men
b. married men and women d. dating couples
ANS: B DIF: Easy
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being: Associations with happiness MSC: Factual
7. Regarding the research on links between relationship status and mental and physical
health, what can we conclude?
a. There is no link between being married and feeling greater general well-being.
b. People who are single and people who live with a relationship partner have
similar levels of personal well-being.
c. Even if the relationship is of poor quality, married people have greater well-
being than single people.
d. People who live with a relationship partner are slightly happier than people who live
alone.
ANS: D DIF: Easy
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being: Associations with happiness MSC: Factual
8. Tremayne and Jose have both been married to their partners for 30 years. Tremayne has
continued to feel satisfied in his relationship with his wife; Jose, on the other hand, has
found he has become less satisfied in his relationship over time. Both men suffer from
congestive heart failure and are participating in a study of relationships and health. Based
on material presented in the textbook, who would you expect to live longer?
a. Jose, because congestive heart failure patients are more likely to die when in
less satisfying intimate relationships.
b. Tremayne, because congestive heart failure patients are less likely to die
when in more satisfying intimate relationships.
c. Tremayne, because relationship quality is associated with less activation of
threat-related brain regions.
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