Close Relationships

Question 1

attachment

Answer 1

global orientation towards relationships

Question 2

relational schema

Answer 2

set of beliefs, attitudes, and expectations regarding ourselfs, others, relationships in general

Question 3

attachment theory

Answer 3

infants form close bonds with caregivers because it promotes proximity and sense of security

Question 4

how has the innate attachment system evolved

Answer 4

people are motivated to stay safe/close

Question 5

childhood experiences create an internal working model of self and others which

Answer 5

influence personality development and social bx

Question 6

in response to stressful situations, attachment system can

Answer 6

direct our response

Question 7

secure babies

Answer 7

caregivers are responsive, sensitive to expressions of need

Question 8

anxious/ambivalent babies

Answer 8

caregivers don’t always detect when child is in need - inconsistently responsive

Question 9

avoidant babies

Answer 9

emotionall unavailable/rejecting caregivers

Question 10

difference between adult-adult attachment and infant-caregiver attachment

Answer 10

adult-adult can be a sexual system, symmetry (undefined roles between the two adults), security can exist without physical contact

Question 11

low anxiety of self, low avoidance of others

Answer 11

secure type secure self, comfotable with intimacy and autonomy

Question 12

high anxiety of self, low avoidance of others

Answer 12

preoccupied type - preoccupied with relationships (ruminates), overly seeks intimacy, jealous, clingy

Question 13

low anxiety of self, high avoidance of others

Answer 13

dismissing type - secure self, not trusting, distance themselves,casual sex, break-ups

Question 14

high anxiety of self, high avoidance of others

Answer 14

fearful type - preoccupied with relationships, not trusting, fearful of and avoids intimacy, break-ups

Question 15

anxiety of self

Answer 15

how afraid are you of abandonment?

Question 16

avoidance of others

Answer 16

how comfortable are you with relying on others?

Question 17

why attachment matters - avoidance

Answer 17

less provision to partners, less intimate sex, more casual sex, more partners, emotional/physical infidelity

Question 18

why attachment matters - anxiety

Answer 18

controlling caregiving, sex to avoid rejection, preceives partners as inattentive, commitment problems, overperceive conflict in relationships

Question 19

how we are treated as a child predicts our adult relationship behavior/quality study

Answer 19

examined style of caregiver relationship at 18mo then attachment style at 22yo

Question 20

more sensitive, less controlling mothers led to

Answer 20

less avoidant, less anxious attachment

Question 21

attachment security

Answer 21

more commitment, trust ,intimacy; less conflict, jealousy, negative emotion

Question 22

attachment styles can be self-perpetuating, but can

Answer 22

differ by relationship and change with relationship experiences

Question 23

sternbergs triangular theory of love

Answer 23

intimacy to commitment - companionate love
commitment to passion - fatuous love
passion to intimacy - romantic love
consumate love in the center

Question 24

only intimacy

Answer 24

liking

Question 25

only commitment

Answer 25

cognitive decision to be in the relationship (empty love)

Question 26

only pasion

Answer 26

infatuation

Question 27

passionate love

Answer 27

swift onset, short duration, idealization of beloved, intense emotions, sexual desire

Question 28

romantic love

Answer 28

limited life span 18-30 years

Question 29

when relationships last, what love plays huge role

Answer 29

companionate love

Question 30

how do fun arousing activities help relationships

Answer 30

avoid habituation (see partner in new light) and expand the self (thinks of themself differently)

Question 31

Rusbult's investment modeal

Answer 31

commitment is a much more important factors than satisfaciton with determining why relationships last

Question 32

rusbults investment model - what goes into commitment

Answer 32

satisfaction with relationship, level of investment, and quality of alternatives

Question 33

why do people saty in dangerous relationships

Answer 33

investments (kids), and poor alternatives (can't support themself)