EXAC 2500 Exam 2-Questions with Accurate
Solutions
Self-Concept, Self-Esteem, and Self-Acceptance - ✔✔1. Positive self-concept and self-esteem
and an affirmative self-acceptance help us to form
healthy relationships.
2. These positive views of self develop in infancy and childhood.
Gender Role and Communication - ✔✔Gender roles, the activities society deems appropriate
for men and women, are also
learned in childhood and affect the way we relate to others.
Attachment - ✔✔a. Adult styles of loving may be based on childhood styles of attachment to
a primary
caregiver: secure and trusting, anxious/avoidant, and distant/aloof.
b. Successful relationships can still be established and maintained if someone's
childhood has been less than ideal, if the person is willing to learn and change.
Friendship - ✔✔1. Friendships, the first relationships formed outside the family, teach us
tolerance, sharing
and trust.
2. Friendships include these characteristics: companionship, respect, acceptance, help, trust,
loyalty, mutuality, and reciprocity.
3. Friendship is like an intimate partnership, without the sexual desire and demand for
exclusiveness; it may therefore be longer lasting and more stable than a romantic
relationship.
4. Friends provide emotional support and act as a buffer from stress.
,Love, Sex, and Intimacy - ✔✔1. Love is one of the most basic and profound human emotions.
In many kinds of
relationships, love is entwined with sexuality.
2. Personal standards, not social norms, are the basis for decisions about sex today, resulting
in an increased emphasis on sex over love.
3. Love, sex, and commitment are closely related. Love draws people together; sex provides
passion, pleasure, and intensity; and commitment reflects responsibility, reliability, and
faithfulness.
4. Other elements of love include euphoria, preoccupation, idealization, and devaluation.
Love and commitment become central to enduring intimate relationships.
5. The triangular theory of love (Robert Sternberg) proposes that love has three dimensions:
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intimacy, passion, and commitment. The amount of love one experiences depends on the
strength of each dimension on its own and relative to each other. Different stages and
types of love can be understood as different combinations of the three dimensions.
a. Intimacy: feelings of attachment, closeness, connectedness, bondedness
b. Passion: motivational drives and sexual attraction
c. Commitment: decision to remain together with the ultimate goal of making long-term
plans
6. Men and women view the relationship between love and sex differently. Men often can
separate sex and affection more easily than women can.
The Transformation of Love - ✔✔a. Over time, in most relationships, passion decreases;
intimacy may continue to grow
or may diminish; commitment is maintained unless other aspects of the relationship
deteriorate.
,b. Passion often disappears; the key to enduring relationships is transforming passion
into an intimate love.
Challenges in Relationships - ✔✔Honesty and openness, emotional intelligence, unequal or
premature commitment, unrealistic expectations, competitiveness, Balancing your time
together and apart, jealousy, supportiveness
Unhealthy relationships - ✔✔1. It is important to recognize when a relationship is unhealthy.
2. Extreme examples are those that are physically or emotionally abusive or that involve
codependency.
3. Even relationships that are not abusive or codependent may be unhealthy.
a. The relationship may be unhealthy if it lacks love and respect and places little value
on time spent together.
b. Relationships characterized by communication styles that include criticism,
contempt, defensiveness, and withdrawal may not be salvageable.
c. There are negative physical and mental consequences of being in unhappy
relationships.
Ending a Relationship - ✔✔1. Ending a relationship is usually difficult and painful.
2. Give the relationship a fair chance before breaking up.
3. Be fair and honest, and avoid attempting to make your partner feel responsible.
4. Being compassionate can allow the relationship to end without damaging anyone's
selfesteem.
5. If you are the rejected person, give yourself time to resolve your anger and pain.
6. Ending a relationship can offer valuable lessons about your needs, preferences, strengths,
and weaknesses. Allow the recovery period to be a time of self-renewal.
, Conflict and Conflict Resolution - ✔✔1. Conflict is natural but must be handled in a
constructive way so that it doesn't damage or
destroy the relationship.
2. It is best to let anger dissipate before trying to resolve conflict.
3. Sources of conflict change but primarily resolve around issues of finance, sex, children,
in-laws, and housework.
4. These basic strategies for negotiating with a partner can be helpful:
a. Clarify the issue and listen carefully to each side.
b. Find out what each partner wants.
c. Determine how you both can get what you want.
d. Negotiate changes and be willing to compromise.
e. Solidify agreements verbally or in writing.
f. Review and renegotiate plans and make adjustments.
5. Conflict resolution requires trust in each other. Establishing basic rules for arguments can
help avoid destructive conflict.
Living Together - ✔✔1. Living together is gaining acceptance as part of the normal mate-
selection process, a
dramatic change.
2. Factors in its acceptance include greater tolerance of premarital sex, increased availability
of contraceptives, the growing tendency to marry at older ages, and a larger pool of single
and unmarried people.
3. It provides many of the benefits of marriage—the opportunity to develop companionship,
greater intimacy, and a satisfying sex life.
4. Cohabitation has certain advantages over marriage—greater autonomy, freedom from
social expectations of marriage, a greater sense of independence, and fewer obligations.
5. The disadvantages of cohabitation are lack of legal protection and benefits and family
pressure to get married.
Solutions
Self-Concept, Self-Esteem, and Self-Acceptance - ✔✔1. Positive self-concept and self-esteem
and an affirmative self-acceptance help us to form
healthy relationships.
2. These positive views of self develop in infancy and childhood.
Gender Role and Communication - ✔✔Gender roles, the activities society deems appropriate
for men and women, are also
learned in childhood and affect the way we relate to others.
Attachment - ✔✔a. Adult styles of loving may be based on childhood styles of attachment to
a primary
caregiver: secure and trusting, anxious/avoidant, and distant/aloof.
b. Successful relationships can still be established and maintained if someone's
childhood has been less than ideal, if the person is willing to learn and change.
Friendship - ✔✔1. Friendships, the first relationships formed outside the family, teach us
tolerance, sharing
and trust.
2. Friendships include these characteristics: companionship, respect, acceptance, help, trust,
loyalty, mutuality, and reciprocity.
3. Friendship is like an intimate partnership, without the sexual desire and demand for
exclusiveness; it may therefore be longer lasting and more stable than a romantic
relationship.
4. Friends provide emotional support and act as a buffer from stress.
,Love, Sex, and Intimacy - ✔✔1. Love is one of the most basic and profound human emotions.
In many kinds of
relationships, love is entwined with sexuality.
2. Personal standards, not social norms, are the basis for decisions about sex today, resulting
in an increased emphasis on sex over love.
3. Love, sex, and commitment are closely related. Love draws people together; sex provides
passion, pleasure, and intensity; and commitment reflects responsibility, reliability, and
faithfulness.
4. Other elements of love include euphoria, preoccupation, idealization, and devaluation.
Love and commitment become central to enduring intimate relationships.
5. The triangular theory of love (Robert Sternberg) proposes that love has three dimensions:
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intimacy, passion, and commitment. The amount of love one experiences depends on the
strength of each dimension on its own and relative to each other. Different stages and
types of love can be understood as different combinations of the three dimensions.
a. Intimacy: feelings of attachment, closeness, connectedness, bondedness
b. Passion: motivational drives and sexual attraction
c. Commitment: decision to remain together with the ultimate goal of making long-term
plans
6. Men and women view the relationship between love and sex differently. Men often can
separate sex and affection more easily than women can.
The Transformation of Love - ✔✔a. Over time, in most relationships, passion decreases;
intimacy may continue to grow
or may diminish; commitment is maintained unless other aspects of the relationship
deteriorate.
,b. Passion often disappears; the key to enduring relationships is transforming passion
into an intimate love.
Challenges in Relationships - ✔✔Honesty and openness, emotional intelligence, unequal or
premature commitment, unrealistic expectations, competitiveness, Balancing your time
together and apart, jealousy, supportiveness
Unhealthy relationships - ✔✔1. It is important to recognize when a relationship is unhealthy.
2. Extreme examples are those that are physically or emotionally abusive or that involve
codependency.
3. Even relationships that are not abusive or codependent may be unhealthy.
a. The relationship may be unhealthy if it lacks love and respect and places little value
on time spent together.
b. Relationships characterized by communication styles that include criticism,
contempt, defensiveness, and withdrawal may not be salvageable.
c. There are negative physical and mental consequences of being in unhappy
relationships.
Ending a Relationship - ✔✔1. Ending a relationship is usually difficult and painful.
2. Give the relationship a fair chance before breaking up.
3. Be fair and honest, and avoid attempting to make your partner feel responsible.
4. Being compassionate can allow the relationship to end without damaging anyone's
selfesteem.
5. If you are the rejected person, give yourself time to resolve your anger and pain.
6. Ending a relationship can offer valuable lessons about your needs, preferences, strengths,
and weaknesses. Allow the recovery period to be a time of self-renewal.
, Conflict and Conflict Resolution - ✔✔1. Conflict is natural but must be handled in a
constructive way so that it doesn't damage or
destroy the relationship.
2. It is best to let anger dissipate before trying to resolve conflict.
3. Sources of conflict change but primarily resolve around issues of finance, sex, children,
in-laws, and housework.
4. These basic strategies for negotiating with a partner can be helpful:
a. Clarify the issue and listen carefully to each side.
b. Find out what each partner wants.
c. Determine how you both can get what you want.
d. Negotiate changes and be willing to compromise.
e. Solidify agreements verbally or in writing.
f. Review and renegotiate plans and make adjustments.
5. Conflict resolution requires trust in each other. Establishing basic rules for arguments can
help avoid destructive conflict.
Living Together - ✔✔1. Living together is gaining acceptance as part of the normal mate-
selection process, a
dramatic change.
2. Factors in its acceptance include greater tolerance of premarital sex, increased availability
of contraceptives, the growing tendency to marry at older ages, and a larger pool of single
and unmarried people.
3. It provides many of the benefits of marriage—the opportunity to develop companionship,
greater intimacy, and a satisfying sex life.
4. Cohabitation has certain advantages over marriage—greater autonomy, freedom from
social expectations of marriage, a greater sense of independence, and fewer obligations.
5. The disadvantages of cohabitation are lack of legal protection and benefits and family
pressure to get married.
