Relationships

Question 1

Shaver’s 3 system model

essay

Answer 1

Attachment, caregiving, sexuality

Childhood and adolescence

Question 2

Minesota longitudinal

Answer 2

Pps followed from infant to 16, assessed by peers and teachers. Secure attached: more popular/confident, insecure attached: less popular/confident (Childhood and adolescence)

Question 3

Hazan + Shaver

Answer 3

‘Love quiz’ in newspaper. secure attached: married. insecure attached: divorced, didn’t believe in true love (Childhood and adolescence)

Question 4

Simpson

Answer 4

78pps, longitudinal. secure attached: closer friendships, romantic adult rels, more emotional attachment to partners. (Childhood and adolescence)

Question 5

Madsen

Answer 5

Adolescents: High amounts of dating: worse quality of adult rels (poss. crime). Less dating: better quality adult rels. (Childhood and adolescence)

Question 6

Moore + Leung

Answer 6

anglo-australians: 61% in rom rels

chinese-australians: 38% in rom rels (despite greater emphasis on importance of family in chinese culture)

Question 7

Qureshi

Answer 7

3 types arranged marriage: planned (all parents), chaperoned interaction (parents accompany on dates), joint venture (half and half)

Question 8

Gupta + Singh

Answer 8

50 arr marriages: love/liking increased over time. 50 non-arr marriages: love/liking decreased over time

Question 9

Zaidi

Answer 9

2nd gen pakistani women in Canada preferred western approach to rels (whilst knowing fathers disapprove)

Question 10

Two anthropologists

Answer 10

165/166 hunter-gatherer societies showed evidence of rom love … rom love=universal

Question 11

Pinker

Answer 11

being in love: lower mortality rates and illness/stress … Adaptive response

Question 12

Srinisvasulu

Answer 12

Indian females: happy with arr and non-arr marriages so long as parents agreed.

Question 13

Batabyal

Answer 13

young people are ‘blinded by love/physical attraction’ - reason for arr marriages

Question 14

Cate

Answer 14

322pps, questionnaires, reward satisfaction was main factor in rels (formation)

Question 15

May + Hamilton

Answer 15

‘pleasant’ music: pics of males rated better looking. ‘unpleasant’ music: lower ratings. -ve subjective (formation: R/NsatTheory)

Question 16

Hayes

Answer 16

student friendships: rewarding other person just as important as being rewarded (formation: R/NsatTheory)

Question 17

Walster

Answer 17

750pps, dance, thought they were matched, actually not, questionnaires: everyone liked the hot people regardless of their pairing (formation: M hyp)

Question 18

Murstein + Silverman

Answer 18

partners have similar levels of social desirability, more so in long-term rels. +ve inter-rater reliability (formation: M hyp)

Question 19

Thibaut + Kelley’s comparison levels

Answer 19

sampling, bargaining, commitment, institutionalisation (maintenance)

Question 20

Clark + Mills

Answer 20

exchange couple: rel=series of social exchanges

communal couple: rewarding other person=more important than receiving rewards (maintenance)

Question 21

Rusbult’s investment model (maintenance)

Answer 21

satisfaction, quality of alternatives, investment

Question 22

Rusbult (students)

Answer 22

results supported all 3 parts of investment model (maintenance)

Question 23

Le + Agnew (meta-analysis)

Answer 23

52 studies, 11,000pps, investment=important (heterosexuals), Quality of alts=important (lesbians) (maintenance)

Question 24

Rusbult + Martz

Answer 24

battered women stay coz high investment, low quality of alts (maintenance)

Question 25

Rollie + Duck's breakdown model

Answer 25

Breakdown, intrapsychic processes, dyadic processes, social processes, grave dressing, resurrection

Question 26

Evolutionary reasons for breakdown

Answer 26

women will suffer more, men will cheat, men will increase commitment to obviate breakdown, minimise reputational damage

Question 27

Buss (Jealousy)

Answer 27

men: higher galvanic skin response to sexual betrayal. women: higher response to emotional betrayal

Question 28

Anderson

Answer 28

men are equally likely to pay for their biological/step-son's college fees (parental investment)

Question 29

Geher

Answer 29

Undergrads: parental investment perception scale, no gender diffs in answers. presented scenarios of costly parenting: men: higher ANS arousal (parental investment)

Question 30

Kassin

Answer 30

Men: lack of sex Women: stress

Question 31

Argyle

Answer 31

Men: lack of fun Women: lack of emotional support

Question 32

Akert

Answer 32

Dumpee = worse off

Question 33

Tashiro + Frazier

Answer 33

Students felt emotional growth after breakup (resurrection)

Question 34

Buss (37 cultures)

Answer 34

hourglass figure, younger, resources

Question 35

Penton Voak

Answer 35

facial prefs: feminine when not ovulating, masculine when ovulating

Question 36

Miller

Answer 36

Strippers earn more when ovulating compared to when not and those on the pill

Question 37

Hasselton

Answer 37

women wear red/low cut tops when ovulating

Question 38

Roberts

Answer 38

Women smell nicer when ovulating

Question 39

Clark + Hatfield

Answer 39

will you sleep with me tonight? all men "yes" all women "no"

Question 40

Buss + Schmitt

Answer 40

men find women less attractive just after casual sex