PSY 255 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-
2026 UPDATE.
for adults, ____revolves around adaptively integrating emotional experiences into the enjoyable
relationship - Answer socioemotional development
1st ___of life are significant in transitioning an adult's socioemotional life - Answer 20 years
____ adults have positive views of relationship - Answer secure attachment
____adults are hesitant to get involved in romantic relationships - Answer avoidant
attachment
____adults covet closeness, but are less trusting and more emotional, jealous, and possessive -
Answer anxious attachment style
6th stage of development - Answer intimacy vs. isolation
if a person fails to develop an intimate relationship in ______, according to Erikson, isolation
results - Answer early adulthood
development in early adulthood often involves balancing ___ and ____ with independence and
freedom - Answer intimacy and commitment
friendship women vs men - Answer women: close and have self-closure
men: "buddy-buddy"
____ distinguishes two ways of communication - Answer Tannen
___ a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships - Answer rapport
,____closeness in term of personal contact - Answer proximity
____typically, the more familiar, the more comfort in relationship - Answer familiarity
___according to this hypothesis, individuals tend to date and marry individual of equal levels of
attractiveness - Answer matching hypothesis
___ degrees of sameness/similarity; the more in common, the better ease of relationship
-the ease of the relationship and getting along the more likely the relationship haromonus -
Answer homogamy
the 7 C's of an intimate relationship - Answer -compatibility
-communication
-consensual validaltion
-caring
-commitment
-conflict resolution
-coitus
____sensual love/ feeling/ sex - Answer eros
____friendship/brotherly love - Answer phileo
____familial love, love for family - Answer storge
____unconditional love / Godly love - Answer agape
according to ___ ____: some freindships evolve into romantic love
aka: passionate love, or eros - Answer ellen bershield
____ love has strong components of sexuality and infatuation
, ___a type of love that occurs when someone desires to have the other person near and has a
deep, caring affection for the other person
-also called companionate love - Answer affectionate love
As love matures, _____ tends to give way to ______ - Answer passion; affection
____proposed a tribrachic/triangle theory with three main dimensions -- passion, intimacy, and
commitment - Answer sternberg
____physical and sexual attraction - Answer passion
___emotional feeling of warmth, closeness, and sharing - Answer intimacy
____cognitive appraisal of the relationship and the intent to maintain it - Answer commitment
more adults are remaining ____longer today
-in the last 30 years there has been a dramatic in rise in ____ adults - Answer single
advantages to being single - Answer -freedom to make decisions about one's life course,
pursue one's own schedule, privacy
common problems when single - Answer -loneliness
-finding a niche in a society that is marriage-oriented
_____ living together in a sexual relationship without being married
-____ is on the rise and many couples view this as an ongoing lifestyle, some as prep for
marriage and for others an alternative to marriage - Answer cohabitation
disadvantage to cohabitation - Answer -not sanctioned biblically
-disapproval by parents
-difficulty owning property jointly
-legal rights on the dissolution of the relationship are less certain
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2025-
2026 UPDATE.
for adults, ____revolves around adaptively integrating emotional experiences into the enjoyable
relationship - Answer socioemotional development
1st ___of life are significant in transitioning an adult's socioemotional life - Answer 20 years
____ adults have positive views of relationship - Answer secure attachment
____adults are hesitant to get involved in romantic relationships - Answer avoidant
attachment
____adults covet closeness, but are less trusting and more emotional, jealous, and possessive -
Answer anxious attachment style
6th stage of development - Answer intimacy vs. isolation
if a person fails to develop an intimate relationship in ______, according to Erikson, isolation
results - Answer early adulthood
development in early adulthood often involves balancing ___ and ____ with independence and
freedom - Answer intimacy and commitment
friendship women vs men - Answer women: close and have self-closure
men: "buddy-buddy"
____ distinguishes two ways of communication - Answer Tannen
___ a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships - Answer rapport
,____closeness in term of personal contact - Answer proximity
____typically, the more familiar, the more comfort in relationship - Answer familiarity
___according to this hypothesis, individuals tend to date and marry individual of equal levels of
attractiveness - Answer matching hypothesis
___ degrees of sameness/similarity; the more in common, the better ease of relationship
-the ease of the relationship and getting along the more likely the relationship haromonus -
Answer homogamy
the 7 C's of an intimate relationship - Answer -compatibility
-communication
-consensual validaltion
-caring
-commitment
-conflict resolution
-coitus
____sensual love/ feeling/ sex - Answer eros
____friendship/brotherly love - Answer phileo
____familial love, love for family - Answer storge
____unconditional love / Godly love - Answer agape
according to ___ ____: some freindships evolve into romantic love
aka: passionate love, or eros - Answer ellen bershield
____ love has strong components of sexuality and infatuation
, ___a type of love that occurs when someone desires to have the other person near and has a
deep, caring affection for the other person
-also called companionate love - Answer affectionate love
As love matures, _____ tends to give way to ______ - Answer passion; affection
____proposed a tribrachic/triangle theory with three main dimensions -- passion, intimacy, and
commitment - Answer sternberg
____physical and sexual attraction - Answer passion
___emotional feeling of warmth, closeness, and sharing - Answer intimacy
____cognitive appraisal of the relationship and the intent to maintain it - Answer commitment
more adults are remaining ____longer today
-in the last 30 years there has been a dramatic in rise in ____ adults - Answer single
advantages to being single - Answer -freedom to make decisions about one's life course,
pursue one's own schedule, privacy
common problems when single - Answer -loneliness
-finding a niche in a society that is marriage-oriented
_____ living together in a sexual relationship without being married
-____ is on the rise and many couples view this as an ongoing lifestyle, some as prep for
marriage and for others an alternative to marriage - Answer cohabitation
disadvantage to cohabitation - Answer -not sanctioned biblically
-disapproval by parents
-difficulty owning property jointly
-legal rights on the dissolution of the relationship are less certain
