[Intimate Relationships,Bradbury,1e] Test Bank: Your Pathway to A+ Grades

CHAPTER 1: Introduction: What Do We Want to Know about

Intimate Relationships?




I. What Is an Intimate Relationship?


A. Interdependence


i. Mutual influence—affecting each others’ behavior (bidirectional)


ii. Continuity—influence extends over time


iii. Necessary for intimacy, but not sufficient


B. Emotional engagement


i. Impersonal relationships—formal, task-oriented


ii. Personal relationships—viewing partner as unique


C. Closeness


i. Close relationship—partners have strong, frequent influence over one another

across a wide range of situations


D. Sexual intimacy


i. Intimate relationship—includes sexual passion between partners that could be

expressed

, ii. Happiness not guaranteed




II. Why Are Intimate Relationships Important?


A. Evolved biological basis for human intimacy—attuned to specific intimate partners;

emotion regulation


i. Natural selection


ii. Fitness


iii. Oxytocin


B. Universal human experience


i. Pairbonds


ii. Love as a cross-cultural concept


iii. Arranged marriages


iv. Shifts in nature of and meaning of marriage in Western culture


v. Shifts in nature of conjugal relationships and childbirth patterns in Western

culture


C. Intimate relationships expand our range of emotional experiences


i. Intimate relationships are fundamentally emotional


ii. Definitions and classifications of love vary


a. Passionate love

, b. Companionate love


D. Intimate relationships affect our mental and physical health


i. Subjective well-being and relationship status


a. Selection effects


b. Protection effects


ii. Physical health and relationship status


E. Intimate relationships affect the well-being of children


i. Marital status


ii. Marital quality


F. Intimate relationships are the fabric of society—social control theory




III. What Do We Want to Know about Intimate Relationships?


A. Relationship quality


i. Why do some relationships succeed while others struggle or fail?

, CHAPTER 1: Introduction: What Do We Want to Know about

Intimate Relationships?




Multiple-Choice Questions


1. According to the textbook, the defining feature of a relationship is:


a) accepting your partner’s specific faults


b) awareness of the other


c) closeness


d) interdependence


ANS: D OBJ: Factual DIF: Easy


REF: Interdependence as the Cornerstone for Relationships




2. Which of the following is NOT a key aspect of interdependence in relationships?


a) Interdependence is bidirectional.


b) Interdependence involves continuity over time.


c) Interdependence must include intimacy.


d) Interdependence exists between two partners.


ANS: C OBJ: Factual DIF: Easy