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1

Robert Sternberg views love as a triangle whose three sides include all of the following except
A)friendship
B)commitment
C)intimacy
D)passion
2

Compared to North Americans, Asians may be less vulnerable to disillusionment in love relationships because they
A)are less susceptible to relative deprivation and to the adaptation-level phenomenon
B)are more likely to substitute ludus for eros
C)experience a greater variety of emotionally arousing situations that are steered into passionate love
D)are less focused on personal feelings and more concerned with practical aspects of social attachments
3

According to two-factor theory, emotion is a result of
A)motives and thoughts
B)rewards and punishments
C)nature and nurture
D)arousal and a label
4

Compared to men who were interviewed on a low, solid bridge, men interviewed on a narrow, wobbly bridge liked a
A)female interviewer less
B)male interviewer more
C)female interviewer more
D)male interviewer less
5

People who are skilled in managing first impressions but who tend to be less committed to deep and enduring relationships are
A)high in self-monitoring
B)low in self-monitoring
C)high in authoritarianism
D)low in authoritarianism
6

Studies of men and women falling in and out of love have revealed that men tend to
A)fall more readily in love and more readily out of love
B)fall more readily in love and more slowly out of love
C)fall more slowly in love and more slowly out of love
D)fall more slowly in love and more readily out of love
7

Which of the following is true of self-disclosure?
A)disclosure begets disclosure
B)a person who engages in self-disclosure is always liked more
C)a person who engages in self-disclosure is always liked less
D)self-disclosure leads to infatuation but not to true love
8

Which of the following is true?
A)companionate love typically leads to romantic love
B)self-disclosure reduces feelings of romantic love
C)companionate love is more likely to endure when both partners feel it to be equitable
D)all of the above are true
9

An employee who feels underpaid may demand an increase in wages or exert less effort at his or her task. This behavior is an
A)attempt to restore equity
B)attempt to achieve complementarity
C)example of the matching phenomenon
D)example of the overexposure effect
10

Joe, a college sophomore, has dated several women for short periods of time. His dating preferences are strongly influenced by physical appearance and he quickly ends a relationship in favor of a new partner. Joe is probably
A)low in self-monitoring
B)high in self-monitoring
C)low in authoritarianism
D)high in authoritarianism
11

Bill and Sara's relationship becomes progressively more intimate as each engages in a bit more self-revelation in response to the other's self-disclosure. Their relationship is marked by the _______________ effect.
A)disclosure reciprocity
B)mutual disinhibition
C)reciprocal disinhibition
D)reciprocal intimacy
12

Rubin's Love Scale assesses all of the following except
A)attachment
B)intimacy
C)caring
D)passion
13

Compared to unacquainted male-female pairs who gazed at each other's hands, unacquainted male-female pairs who gazed into one another's eyes
A)felt greater embarrassment
B)felt greater affection toward each other
C)were more critical of each other
D)later expressed greater liking for their regular dating partners
14

The two-factor theory of emotion suggests that passionate love
A)has a physiological component that makes it unique from all other emotions
B)has a physiological basis while companionate love does not
C)always involves at least two conflicting emotions or motives
D)is a state of physiological arousal that we attribute to a romantic stimulus
15

Rachel, who is attractive and likeable, telephones Philip for a date. According to the two-factor theory of emotion, Philip will experience the most intense romantic feelings for Rachel if he has just
A)been studying his geography textbook
B)been watching a boring television program
C)come in from a three-mile run
D)eaten a candy bar







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