FMST 314 MTI Exam #1 Questions with correct answers
why we need to know about relationships? - ✔✔Humans by nature are social
beings
- need intimate relationships and useful to know how relationships:
(a) develop,(b) are maintained, and (c) end
intimacy - ✔✔multi faceted concept
-diff from casual relationships in 7 ways
intimate relationship characteristics - ✔✔-knowledge
-interdependence
-care
-trust
-responsiveness
-mutuality - think of both as us
-commitment- expect relationship will continue
belonging - ✔✔To fulfil our need for regular social contact
-only need a few close relationships
-People happier, healthier, when they feel connected
- seek belonging
Canadian relationship statistics - ✔✔-56% married
-15% common law, which increase 25% from 2006
,major influences that impact relationships - ✔✔-culture
-experiences
-individual differences
-human nature
-interactions
Culture norms - govern relationships - ✔✔economics- now women educated,
work, not dependent on men
individualism - vs not collective family/community
technology - communication, reproduction tech
individual history/experiences - ✔✔attachment styles
Attachment Styles: Secure - ✔✔-caregivers provides so baby trust them and
others in future
attatchment styles: avoidant - ✔✔babies can't rely on caregiver b/c parent not
good
-so baby doesn't trust others
, attatchment styles: anxious ambivalent - ✔✔- kids dont know what to expect,
caregivers are random
dimensions of underlying attatchment - ✔✔secure, preoccupied, dismissing,
fearful
Individual differences - ✔✔• Sex differences
• Gender differences
• Personality
• Self-esteem
Evolutionary differences - ✔✔Sexual selection - affects how we interact with
someone we are attracted to
attraction - ✔✔-attracted to people whose presence is rewarding to us
-2 types of rewards that influence attraction
direct rewards - ✔✔-obvious pleasures, interest, approval, attention, acceptance,
money, enjoyment
indirect rewards - ✔✔Benefits we're not always aware and subtle
-person has same letter of first name, same hair colour, has pet
Instrumentality - ✔✔attraction is based on someone helping us meet our goals is
known
why we need to know about relationships? - ✔✔Humans by nature are social
beings
- need intimate relationships and useful to know how relationships:
(a) develop,(b) are maintained, and (c) end
intimacy - ✔✔multi faceted concept
-diff from casual relationships in 7 ways
intimate relationship characteristics - ✔✔-knowledge
-interdependence
-care
-trust
-responsiveness
-mutuality - think of both as us
-commitment- expect relationship will continue
belonging - ✔✔To fulfil our need for regular social contact
-only need a few close relationships
-People happier, healthier, when they feel connected
- seek belonging
Canadian relationship statistics - ✔✔-56% married
-15% common law, which increase 25% from 2006
,major influences that impact relationships - ✔✔-culture
-experiences
-individual differences
-human nature
-interactions
Culture norms - govern relationships - ✔✔economics- now women educated,
work, not dependent on men
individualism - vs not collective family/community
technology - communication, reproduction tech
individual history/experiences - ✔✔attachment styles
Attachment Styles: Secure - ✔✔-caregivers provides so baby trust them and
others in future
attatchment styles: avoidant - ✔✔babies can't rely on caregiver b/c parent not
good
-so baby doesn't trust others
, attatchment styles: anxious ambivalent - ✔✔- kids dont know what to expect,
caregivers are random
dimensions of underlying attatchment - ✔✔secure, preoccupied, dismissing,
fearful
Individual differences - ✔✔• Sex differences
• Gender differences
• Personality
• Self-esteem
Evolutionary differences - ✔✔Sexual selection - affects how we interact with
someone we are attracted to
attraction - ✔✔-attracted to people whose presence is rewarding to us
-2 types of rewards that influence attraction
direct rewards - ✔✔-obvious pleasures, interest, approval, attention, acceptance,
money, enjoyment
indirect rewards - ✔✔Benefits we're not always aware and subtle
-person has same letter of first name, same hair colour, has pet
Instrumentality - ✔✔attraction is based on someone helping us meet our goals is
known
