Ch01
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. Which of the following ways is NOT one in which casual relationships differ from intimate relationships?
A. interdependence
B. knowledge
C. mutuality
D. honesty
E. trust
2. Sarah shares her dream of opening an after-school program for children with her best friend Maria.
Which of the six characteristics of intimate relationships is illustrated here?
A. mutuality
B. care
C. knowledge
D. commitment
3. Jorge believes he and his partner Suzie will be together forever. He invests a great deal of time in their
relationship. Which of the six characteristics of intimate relationships is illustrated here?
A. mutuality
B. care
C. knowledge
D. commitment
4. As a participant in a research study you are asked to describe your relationship. The researchers ask you
to choose which of various pairs of overlapping circles, one representing you, one representing your
partner, best describes the closeness you feel. What are the researchers assessing?
A. mutuality
B. care
C. knowledge
D. commitment
5. We generally expect that intimate relationships are characterized by all of the following expectations
EXCEPT
A. your partner will not unduly hurt you.
B. your partnership will continue indefinitely.
C. your partner will treat you fairly and honorably.
D. your partner will stay the same
6. Pauline and Hugh begin to refer to themselves as "we" rather than I and he/she. This change reflects the
development of
A. caring.
B. commitment.
C. interdependence.
D. mutuality.
7. Our drive to establish and maintain close relationships with others is central to the need
A. to belong
B. for acceptance
C. for nurturance
D. to affiliate
,8. Which of the following needs must be met by a close relationship?
A. need for family values
B. need for affection
C. need for acceptance
D. need to belong
9. The fact that people form relationships easily and resist dissolving existing social ties and that the loss or
absence of relationships is associated with poor physical and mental health is evidence of the need
A. for affiliation.
B. to belong.
C. for intimacy.
D. for interpersonal stimulation.
10. According to the text, intimate relationships are
A. all the same.
B. of two basic types.
C. of three basic types.
D. of no one kind.
11. One primary reason why solitary confinement may be so difficult is that it interferes with satisfaction of
our
A. need to belong
B. need for acceptance
C. sexual needs
D. physical needs
12. Higher mortality rates among individuals who have lost friends or lovers is evidence of our need
A. to belong
B. for acceptance
C. for nurturance
D. to affiliate
13. Which of the following mental health problems are affected by our social needs?
A. schizophrenia
B. eating disorders
C. depression
D. alcoholism
E. all of these
14. Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Americans in the 1960's?
A. most children were born to parents married to each other
B. men and women married in their early 20s
C. one third of men and women cohabitated before marriage
D. most women did not work outside the home
15. Which of the following is a characteristic of close relationships today?
A. most men marry around age 23 and most women marry around age 21
B. one third of American households are made up of an unmarried man and woman living together
C. five percent of babies are born to unmarried mothers
D. only one quarter of women return to work within a year of giving birth
16. Between 1960 and today, which aspect of marriage declined in the United States?
A. importance of love within marriage
B. proportion of the population that gets married
C. average age at which people get married
D. rate of divorce
,17. Which of the following situations is currently normative within the United States?
A. Most Americans in their thirties are currently married
B. Most preschool children have stay-at-home mothers
C. Most children live in a single-parent household at some time during their childhood
D. Consistent with the high divorce rate, most Americans rate their marriages as "not very happy"
18. What percentage of people will cohabitate, unmarried at some point, approximately?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 50
D. 60
19. Divorce rates in the United States are
A. rapidly increasing.
B. slightly increasing.
C. slightly decreasing.
D. rapidly decreasing.
20. In contrast to those who do not cohabitate, individuals who cohabitate are more likely to
A. have a long lasting marriage
B. encounter infidelity
C. stay together
D. have a positive attitude toward marriage
21. Which of the following factors have influenced the nature of close relationships in the United States
during the period 1960 to today?
A. increasing individualism
B. socioeconomic development
C. technological developments
D. all of these
22. When a society shifts from having an approximately equal ratio of marriageable men and women
to having a high sex ratio (more eligible men than women), family roles will likely become ______
traditional and sexual standards _____ permissive.
A. less; less
B. less; more
C. more; less
D. more; more
E. none of these
23. A count of the number of men for every 100 women in a particular population is called the
A. sex ratio
B. gender ratio
C. gender schema
D. male/female count
24. Forty years from now you read a statistic that says there are currently more men than women in your
nation. What might you predict about the social climate?
A. women will be working outside the home and rates of marriage will be down
B. women will be discouraged from working outside the home and divorce rates will be down
C. unmarried motherhood will be seen as an option (not shameful) and more people will marry
D. women will be allowed or encouraged to have sex outside of marriage, however, cohabitation will be
rare
, 25. As described in the textbook, Victorian England had a _____ sex ratio and the Roaring Twenties a
______ sex ratio.
A. low; high
B. high; low
C. low; low
D. high; high
26. The idea of attachment styles was originally developed in work with
A. young adults
B. adolescents
C. infants and young children
D. middle aged adults
27. Attachment styles are thought to be primarily the result of
A. genetic predispositions.
B. early childhood experience.
C. social cognition.
D. mimicry.
28. Two-year-old Alice seems nervous and clingy when her mother is around and is extremely distressed
when she leaves. It is likely Alice has which attachment style?
A. anxious-ambivalent
B. secure
C. distressed
D. avoidant
29. What event caused relationship researchers to take notice of attachment styles as important in the close
relationships of adults?
A. Hazan and Shaver's survey of newspaper readers
B. Bartholomew's ideas about 4 categories of attachment style
C. Bowlby's interest in young children's actions toward their caregivers
D. Brennan and colleagues' development of a short attachment style measure
30. Joanne endorses the statement: "I want to be completely emotionally intimate with others, but I often
find that others are reluctant to get as close as I would like. I am uncomfortable being without close
relationships but sometimes worry that others don't value me as much as I value them". Which attachment
style does Joanne's self-description reflect?
A. avoidant
B. dismissing
C. fearful
D. preoccupied
E. secure
31. Which attachment style best characterizes a person with a positive image of himself/herself but a negative
image of others?
A. avoidant
B. dismissing
C. fearful
D. preoccupied
E. secure
32. Fearfully attached individuals are characterized as being
A. comfortable with closeness and low in anxiety over abandonment.
B. comfortable with closeness and high in anxiety over abandonment.
C. uncomfortable with closeness and low in anxiety over abandonment.
D. uncomfortable with closeness and high in anxiety over abandonment.
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. Which of the following ways is NOT one in which casual relationships differ from intimate relationships?
A. interdependence
B. knowledge
C. mutuality
D. honesty
E. trust
2. Sarah shares her dream of opening an after-school program for children with her best friend Maria.
Which of the six characteristics of intimate relationships is illustrated here?
A. mutuality
B. care
C. knowledge
D. commitment
3. Jorge believes he and his partner Suzie will be together forever. He invests a great deal of time in their
relationship. Which of the six characteristics of intimate relationships is illustrated here?
A. mutuality
B. care
C. knowledge
D. commitment
4. As a participant in a research study you are asked to describe your relationship. The researchers ask you
to choose which of various pairs of overlapping circles, one representing you, one representing your
partner, best describes the closeness you feel. What are the researchers assessing?
A. mutuality
B. care
C. knowledge
D. commitment
5. We generally expect that intimate relationships are characterized by all of the following expectations
EXCEPT
A. your partner will not unduly hurt you.
B. your partnership will continue indefinitely.
C. your partner will treat you fairly and honorably.
D. your partner will stay the same
6. Pauline and Hugh begin to refer to themselves as "we" rather than I and he/she. This change reflects the
development of
A. caring.
B. commitment.
C. interdependence.
D. mutuality.
7. Our drive to establish and maintain close relationships with others is central to the need
A. to belong
B. for acceptance
C. for nurturance
D. to affiliate
,8. Which of the following needs must be met by a close relationship?
A. need for family values
B. need for affection
C. need for acceptance
D. need to belong
9. The fact that people form relationships easily and resist dissolving existing social ties and that the loss or
absence of relationships is associated with poor physical and mental health is evidence of the need
A. for affiliation.
B. to belong.
C. for intimacy.
D. for interpersonal stimulation.
10. According to the text, intimate relationships are
A. all the same.
B. of two basic types.
C. of three basic types.
D. of no one kind.
11. One primary reason why solitary confinement may be so difficult is that it interferes with satisfaction of
our
A. need to belong
B. need for acceptance
C. sexual needs
D. physical needs
12. Higher mortality rates among individuals who have lost friends or lovers is evidence of our need
A. to belong
B. for acceptance
C. for nurturance
D. to affiliate
13. Which of the following mental health problems are affected by our social needs?
A. schizophrenia
B. eating disorders
C. depression
D. alcoholism
E. all of these
14. Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Americans in the 1960's?
A. most children were born to parents married to each other
B. men and women married in their early 20s
C. one third of men and women cohabitated before marriage
D. most women did not work outside the home
15. Which of the following is a characteristic of close relationships today?
A. most men marry around age 23 and most women marry around age 21
B. one third of American households are made up of an unmarried man and woman living together
C. five percent of babies are born to unmarried mothers
D. only one quarter of women return to work within a year of giving birth
16. Between 1960 and today, which aspect of marriage declined in the United States?
A. importance of love within marriage
B. proportion of the population that gets married
C. average age at which people get married
D. rate of divorce
,17. Which of the following situations is currently normative within the United States?
A. Most Americans in their thirties are currently married
B. Most preschool children have stay-at-home mothers
C. Most children live in a single-parent household at some time during their childhood
D. Consistent with the high divorce rate, most Americans rate their marriages as "not very happy"
18. What percentage of people will cohabitate, unmarried at some point, approximately?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 50
D. 60
19. Divorce rates in the United States are
A. rapidly increasing.
B. slightly increasing.
C. slightly decreasing.
D. rapidly decreasing.
20. In contrast to those who do not cohabitate, individuals who cohabitate are more likely to
A. have a long lasting marriage
B. encounter infidelity
C. stay together
D. have a positive attitude toward marriage
21. Which of the following factors have influenced the nature of close relationships in the United States
during the period 1960 to today?
A. increasing individualism
B. socioeconomic development
C. technological developments
D. all of these
22. When a society shifts from having an approximately equal ratio of marriageable men and women
to having a high sex ratio (more eligible men than women), family roles will likely become ______
traditional and sexual standards _____ permissive.
A. less; less
B. less; more
C. more; less
D. more; more
E. none of these
23. A count of the number of men for every 100 women in a particular population is called the
A. sex ratio
B. gender ratio
C. gender schema
D. male/female count
24. Forty years from now you read a statistic that says there are currently more men than women in your
nation. What might you predict about the social climate?
A. women will be working outside the home and rates of marriage will be down
B. women will be discouraged from working outside the home and divorce rates will be down
C. unmarried motherhood will be seen as an option (not shameful) and more people will marry
D. women will be allowed or encouraged to have sex outside of marriage, however, cohabitation will be
rare
, 25. As described in the textbook, Victorian England had a _____ sex ratio and the Roaring Twenties a
______ sex ratio.
A. low; high
B. high; low
C. low; low
D. high; high
26. The idea of attachment styles was originally developed in work with
A. young adults
B. adolescents
C. infants and young children
D. middle aged adults
27. Attachment styles are thought to be primarily the result of
A. genetic predispositions.
B. early childhood experience.
C. social cognition.
D. mimicry.
28. Two-year-old Alice seems nervous and clingy when her mother is around and is extremely distressed
when she leaves. It is likely Alice has which attachment style?
A. anxious-ambivalent
B. secure
C. distressed
D. avoidant
29. What event caused relationship researchers to take notice of attachment styles as important in the close
relationships of adults?
A. Hazan and Shaver's survey of newspaper readers
B. Bartholomew's ideas about 4 categories of attachment style
C. Bowlby's interest in young children's actions toward their caregivers
D. Brennan and colleagues' development of a short attachment style measure
30. Joanne endorses the statement: "I want to be completely emotionally intimate with others, but I often
find that others are reluctant to get as close as I would like. I am uncomfortable being without close
relationships but sometimes worry that others don't value me as much as I value them". Which attachment
style does Joanne's self-description reflect?
A. avoidant
B. dismissing
C. fearful
D. preoccupied
E. secure
31. Which attachment style best characterizes a person with a positive image of himself/herself but a negative
image of others?
A. avoidant
B. dismissing
C. fearful
D. preoccupied
E. secure
32. Fearfully attached individuals are characterized as being
A. comfortable with closeness and low in anxiety over abandonment.
B. comfortable with closeness and high in anxiety over abandonment.
C. uncomfortable with closeness and low in anxiety over abandonment.
D. uncomfortable with closeness and high in anxiety over abandonment.
