Characterizing Relationships

Question 1

a relationship in which interaction is governed primarily by consideration of the other’s needs and wishes

Answer 1

communal relationship

Question 2

a benefit is given with an expectation of receiving a comparable benefit in return

Answer 2

Exchange relationship

Question 3

People make decisions about their relationships by weighing rewards and costs (rational or economic model of relationships)

Answer 3

Social exchange theory

Question 4

people are more satisfied with a relationship in which there is equal give and take by both parties

Answer 4

Equity theory

Question 5

In infancy, people develop models of close relationships that they carry throughout their lives

Answer 5

attachment theory

Question 6

Reliable caregiver (good, dependable bond)

Answer 6

Secure Attachment

Question 7

Unavailable caretakers (baby is independent and apathetic)

Answer 7

Avoidant Attachment

Question 8

undependable, unpredictable caretaker

Answer 8

Anxious/Ambivalent Attachment

Question 9

Harlow’s monkey experiment disproved the belief that love is only based on physical needs. The fact that the monkeys grew the most attached to the cloth mother, who satisfied no physical needs of the monkeys, showed that love and comfort were non-physical needs

Answer 9

Need to belong (Harlow’s monkey)

Question 10

Lesbian and gay make relationships follow similar trajectories as heterosexuals
Kurdek (1988)

• Cohabitating lesbian and gay couples have just as much satisfaction and stability as cohabitating straight couples

Answer 10

non-heterosexual

Question 11

a common relationship type in the West and abroad

• Often stigmatized

When these relationships are consensual, they have similar outcomes as monogamous couples

• Satisfaction, love, trust, commitment, jealousy, sexual pleasure

Answer 11

non-monogamy