PSYC 412 EXAM 3.2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Chapter #11: Positive Relationships
Neurobiological Basis for Relationships - Answers - Subcategories
Oxytocin - Answers - hormone released in response to social contact
-Ex. hugging
Reduces physiological - Answers - arousal associated with fear and stress
Important for ______ - parent attchment - Answers - infants
Also associated with creating a... - Answers - loving bond in adult relationships
Vasopressin - Answers - hormone that contributes to love and attachment
Oxytocin and Vasopressin: - Answers - -Increase during intense stages of romantic love
-Interact with dopamine reward system
Brain imaging - Answers - areas of brain become active when looking at romantic
partners vs. friends
Two Psychological Perspectives on Relationships - Answers - -Equity Theory
-Attachment Theory
Equity Theory (Head) - Answers - Close relationships are maintained when both people
are happy with what they are getting out of it
-cost/benefit
Examples - Answers - -Goods
-Information
-Love
-Money
-Status
-Social support
Types of Relationships: (4) - Answers -
, high benefit, low cost - Answers - Flourishing
low benefit, low cost - Answers - boring
high benefit, high cost - Answers - Precrious
low benefit, high cost - Answers - Distressed
Empirical Support - Answers - subcategories
Romantic partners typically have comparable - Answers - physical attractiveness
When people are mismatched on one dimension, - Answers - there is often a
compensating mismatch on another
But doesn't explain - Answers - selfless love or altruism
And doesn't account for - Answers - feelings in relationships
Attachment Theory (Heart) - Answers - Attachment - strong affectionate tie with
important people in our lives
Psychoanalytic and behaviorists approaches emphasize - Answers - feeding
-Harlow's study
Evolutionary Perspective - Answers - infant's emotional tie is an evolved response that
promotes survival
Internal Working Model - Answers - set of expectations for attachment figures that guide
future relationships
-Ex. Do I trust my partner?
Types of Attachment: - Answers - -Secure
-Avoidant
-Ambivalent
Secure - Answers - distressed by separation and comforted when parent returns
Avoidant - Answers - not distressed by separation and unresponsive when parents
return
Ambivalent - Answers - Clingy with parent, angry and resistive when parent returns
Updated Model - Answers - -Secure
ANSWERS
Chapter #11: Positive Relationships
Neurobiological Basis for Relationships - Answers - Subcategories
Oxytocin - Answers - hormone released in response to social contact
-Ex. hugging
Reduces physiological - Answers - arousal associated with fear and stress
Important for ______ - parent attchment - Answers - infants
Also associated with creating a... - Answers - loving bond in adult relationships
Vasopressin - Answers - hormone that contributes to love and attachment
Oxytocin and Vasopressin: - Answers - -Increase during intense stages of romantic love
-Interact with dopamine reward system
Brain imaging - Answers - areas of brain become active when looking at romantic
partners vs. friends
Two Psychological Perspectives on Relationships - Answers - -Equity Theory
-Attachment Theory
Equity Theory (Head) - Answers - Close relationships are maintained when both people
are happy with what they are getting out of it
-cost/benefit
Examples - Answers - -Goods
-Information
-Love
-Money
-Status
-Social support
Types of Relationships: (4) - Answers -
, high benefit, low cost - Answers - Flourishing
low benefit, low cost - Answers - boring
high benefit, high cost - Answers - Precrious
low benefit, high cost - Answers - Distressed
Empirical Support - Answers - subcategories
Romantic partners typically have comparable - Answers - physical attractiveness
When people are mismatched on one dimension, - Answers - there is often a
compensating mismatch on another
But doesn't explain - Answers - selfless love or altruism
And doesn't account for - Answers - feelings in relationships
Attachment Theory (Heart) - Answers - Attachment - strong affectionate tie with
important people in our lives
Psychoanalytic and behaviorists approaches emphasize - Answers - feeding
-Harlow's study
Evolutionary Perspective - Answers - infant's emotional tie is an evolved response that
promotes survival
Internal Working Model - Answers - set of expectations for attachment figures that guide
future relationships
-Ex. Do I trust my partner?
Types of Attachment: - Answers - -Secure
-Avoidant
-Ambivalent
Secure - Answers - distressed by separation and comforted when parent returns
Avoidant - Answers - not distressed by separation and unresponsive when parents
return
Ambivalent - Answers - Clingy with parent, angry and resistive when parent returns
Updated Model - Answers - -Secure
