SPC Chapter 11

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According to Shibles and Zastrow, the three primary components that people use to perceive themselves as being in love are:

similarity, complementary needs, and social approval.
inclusion, control, and affection needs.
vision 1, vision 2, and vision 3.
an interaction event, positive self-talk, and emotional arousal.

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an interaction event, positive self-talk, and emotional arousal.

Regardless of the era in which they lived, people have always experienced love in the same ways.

True
False

False

Marcellina and Jerry have worked hard to keep their relationship from going stale while at the same time repeating familiar patterns. They have successfully resolved which dialectical tension?

Punctuation
Inclusion-control
Novelty-predictability
Autonomy-togetherness

Novelty-predictability

In the initiating stage of a relationship, partners start self-disclosing and communicating honestly about their feelings for one another.

True
False

False

Jacinta can't stand to be alone. She wants to be with others all the time. Jacinta is oversocial.

True
False

True

According to the matching hypothesis, people will pursue relationships with others whom they feel are their relative equals in physical attractiveness rather than trying to form a relationship with the most handsome or beautiful person possible.

True
False

True

In the 19th century, falling in love depended on, and at the same time increased, one's sense of having an individual identity.

True
False

True

Which is NOT one of the ways couples bias their perceptions of intimate relationships?

They underestimate attitude similarity between themselves and partners.
They perceive their own relational communication as more positive than their partner does.
They differ in their perceptions of who makes important family or relational decisions.
None of the above; all are ways couples bias perceptions.

They underestimate attitude similarity between themselves and partners.

Which of the following was true of love in 19th-century America?

Lovers were very closed and unemotional.
Love was considered a duty that often followed marriage.
Lovers shared a single identity, often describing themselves as halves of a single self.
Lovers were careful never to criticize one another or themselves.

Lovers shared a single identity, often describing themselves as halves of a single self.

Which is NOT a characteristic of communication norms in the mid-1970s to late 1980s (Kidd's vision 3)?

Draw boundaries around when and where to deal with conflict and schedule time for the expression of feelings.
Focus on making the relationship work through negotiation.
Stress equality and a sense of balance in the relationship.
Seek as much autonomy as possible.

Seek as much autonomy as possible.