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Intimate Relationships
3rd Edition
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TEST BANK
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Thomas N. Bradbury
Benjamin R. Karney
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
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and Students
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© Thomas N. Bradbury & Benjamin R. Karney. All
rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without
permission is prohibited.
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9780393640250
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Test Bankjiuh
— Intimate Relationships, 3rd Edition — Thomas N. Bradbury
and Benjamin R. Karney
Description
This test bank corresponds to the 3rd edition of Intimate Relationships by
Thomas N. Bradbury and Benjamin R. Karney. It follows the official textbook
ST
structure and supports assessment of theories, research methods, and empirical
findings related to romantic relationships, intimacy, conflict, sexuality, stress,
and relationship development across the lifespan.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Love and Why It Matters
Chapter 2: Influential Theories
Chapter 3: Research Methods
Chapter 4: Gender
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Chapter 5: Sexual Orientation
Chapter 6: Personality and Personal History
Chapter 7: Romantic Attraction
Chapter 8: Nurturing Intimacy
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Chapter 9: Sexual Intimacy
Chapter 10: Conflict
Chapter 11: Infidelity and Aggression
Chapter 12: Interpreting Experience
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Chapter 13: Stress and Context
Chapter 14: Relationships Across the Lifespan
Chapter 15: Improving Relationships
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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
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1. Physical health
2. Sexual intimacy
3. Financial well-being
a. Relationship transitions
iv. Subjective happiness
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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
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i. Social control theory
d. Intimate relationships are universal
i. Pairbonds
ii. Cross-cultural research on Western and Eastern cultures (individualistic vs. collectivistic
societies)
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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
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ii. Oxytocin
2. What Makes a Relationship Intimate?
a. Interdependence
i. Mutual influence
1. Between two individuals
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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
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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
D?
c. Types of love
, 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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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?
d. All of the answer options are correct.
ANS: D DIF: Easy
Intimate Relationships
3rd Edition
ST
TEST BANK
UV
IA
Thomas N. Bradbury
Benjamin R. Karney
_A
────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
PP
and Students
RO
© Thomas N. Bradbury & Benjamin R. Karney. All
rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without
permission is prohibited.
VE
||| ||| || ||| || | || ||| | || ||| |
D?
9780393640250
© Medgeek
, Edrftgyihu
Test Bankjiuh
— Intimate Relationships, 3rd Edition — Thomas N. Bradbury
and Benjamin R. Karney
Description
This test bank corresponds to the 3rd edition of Intimate Relationships by
Thomas N. Bradbury and Benjamin R. Karney. It follows the official textbook
ST
structure and supports assessment of theories, research methods, and empirical
findings related to romantic relationships, intimacy, conflict, sexuality, stress,
and relationship development across the lifespan.
UV
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Love and Why It Matters
Chapter 2: Influential Theories
Chapter 3: Research Methods
Chapter 4: Gender
IA
Chapter 5: Sexual Orientation
Chapter 6: Personality and Personal History
Chapter 7: Romantic Attraction
Chapter 8: Nurturing Intimacy
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Chapter 9: Sexual Intimacy
Chapter 10: Conflict
Chapter 11: Infidelity and Aggression
Chapter 12: Interpreting Experience
PP
Chapter 13: Stress and Context
Chapter 14: Relationships Across the Lifespan
Chapter 15: Improving Relationships
RO
VE
D?
© Medgeek
, 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
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1. Physical health
2. Sexual intimacy
3. Financial well-being
a. Relationship transitions
iv. Subjective happiness
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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
IA
i. Social control theory
d. Intimate relationships are universal
i. Pairbonds
ii. Cross-cultural research on Western and Eastern cultures (individualistic vs. collectivistic
societies)
_A
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
PP
ii. Oxytocin
2. What Makes a Relationship Intimate?
a. Interdependence
i. Mutual influence
1. Between two individuals
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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
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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
D?
c. Types of love
, 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
ST
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
UV
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
IA
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
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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.
PP
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
RO
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
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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?
d. All of the answer options are correct.
ANS: D DIF: Easy
