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INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM #1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM#1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
How do intimate relationships differ from non-intimate ones? - Answer--Knowledge of
each other
-Care about each other
-Mutuality "we" not "I"
-Trust expect fair, honest treatment
-Commitment
-Interdependence
Interdependence - Answer--Mutual dependence between things. Inter- means
"between," so interdependence is dependence between things.
-Our behavior affects us and our partner
Mutuality - Answer--Mutual character, quality, or activity
-"We" not "I"
Why do theorists hypothesize we have the human need to belong? - Answer--We need
fulfillment, to include, and to be included
-Health implications, psychological and physical like the lack of confidants is a bigger
health risk than smoking!
How are human connection to others and intimacy related to mortality rates? Physical
and mental health? Pain perception? Healing of physical wounds? - Answer-People
who are in happier intimate relationships generally:
-Live longer
-Have stronger immune systems
-Heal quicker
People coping with congestive heart failure who were in more satisfied relationships
were more likely to be alive when researchers followed up on them four years later:
30% of the patients in happy relationships died vs. 55 percent of the patients in unhappy
relationships.
Be familiar with the research on hand holding and threat (Coan, et al., 2006, page 4), as
well as the Coyne, et al., 2001 (figure 1 on page 6) examining quality of marital
relationships and mortality rates. - Answer-Coan: Hand holding reduces the brain's
alarm in response to threatening situations.
Coyne: The figure showed those who had cancer over the course of 4 years. The more
happy a couple was, the longer the patient lived and vice versa
, How has our culture changed in the last 30 years in ways that would be significant for
interpersonal relationships? Be aware of the hypothesized sources of this change
(pages 11-14) - Answer-The sex ratio has changed in the last 30 years as well as
communication, technology (women can control their fertility and when to get pregnant)
and education and financial resources allow people to be more independent so women
are less likely to marry now. We are more disconnected to the people we are physically
with and connected with the people online
How does culture have the potential for influencing our relationships? Be aware of the
hypothesized sources of this change (pages 11-14) - Answer-When the sex ratio (a
count of the number of men for every 100 women in a population) is high, there are
more men than women; when it is low, there are fewer men than women.
-When the sex ratio is high, women tend to support traditional, old-fashioned roles for
men like staying at home taking care of the children while the men go outside and work.
The bride is a virgin when newly wedded, no shameful unwed pregnancy, open
cohabitation is rare, and divorce is discouraged.
-When the sex ratio is low, it's less traditional and more permissive. Women have high
paying carreers, allowed to have sexual relationships outside of marriage, and
unmarried motherhood is an option.
On average, how do cohabiting relationships differ from marriages (page 9-10)? -
Answer--Cohabitation increases a couple's risk that they will later divorce. Some
reasons are that they are less committed to each other than are those who marry
because their options are open making them more uncertain, face more problems and
conflict. The longer people cohabit, the less enthusiastic about marriage and more
accepting of divorce they become.
-The longer a couple is married, the less likely they are to ever divorce. Couples who
are engaged to marry when they move in together do not suffer like the ones that
cohabit especially when they agree that they'll marry within a year.
Be familiar with the Guttentag and Secord (pg 11-14) theory regarding sex ratios. With
regard to sex ratios, when are societies typically more conservative? - Answer-When
the sex ratio is high, societies are more conservative and more traditional. This can be
for sexually conservative as well.
What type of society do we currently have? - Answer-We have a low sex ratio because
of the slut-shaming campaign/sexual revolution, women have sexual relationships
outside of marriage, open cohabitation is common, and unmarried options are okay.
*Be very familiar with the 4 adult attachment styles described in class (in terms of
abandonment and intimacy) (pgs 16-19). - Answer-Low avoidance of intimacy + low fear
of abandonment = secure
Low avoidance of intimacy + high fear of abandonment = preoccupied
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