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Which of the following neurotransmitters is not part of Fischer's "love cocktail" that is correlated with passionate love?
Acetylcholine
Which of the following parts of the brain is not part of the reward system and affected by dopamine?
Temporal lobe
What did Baumgarten find happened to participants who received higher levels of oxytocin through nasal spray?
They had suppressed activity in the amygdala.
Which hormone did Winslow study in prairie voles that appeared to determine their monogamous behaviour?
Vasopressin
Evolutionary psychologists have found which characteristic is most associated with a history of good health and a strong immune system?
Facial symmetry
Which of the following is true about the role of culture in attraction?
There are more similarities than differences between cultures in what they find attractive.
According to Bowlby's Internal Working Model
Relationship schema formed from our interaction with our childhood caregiver affects our adult relationships.
Which of the following is not a limitation of self-report questionnaires in the study of attraction?
The results cannot be replicated.
According to Buss, although there are cultural differences in his research, what is the most important factor in determining what we look for in a mate?
The pressures of sexual and natural selection.
Which of the following is not a potential limitation of Li et al's 2011 study?
It was an etic approach
Which of the following statements would be considered a "relationship-enhancing pattern" of communication?
It's ok. I know that you didn't mean to be so irritable. I realize this has been a crazy week at work for you.
A study that looks at communication at the beginning of a relationship to determine its effect over time - and then measures the health of the relationships after several years, is what type of study?
A prospective longitudinal study.
One of the limitations of Altman & Taylor's Social Penetration Theory is that we cannot determine if a good relationship leads to more disclosure or whether more disclosure leads to a good relationship. What is the name given to this problem?
Bidirectional ambiguity
Which of the following is a limitation of a meta-analysis?
The risk of researcher bias
What is the key characteristic of the communication strategy known as switch-tracking?
Changing the subject when your partner gives you feedback.
Which of the following is not a limitation of Hatfield et al's (1979) study of equity theory and relationships?
The study did not sample people in actual relationships but relied on responses about hypothetical situations.
Evolutionary psychologists argue that people cheat in relationships because …
they want to maximize the chance to reproduce.
How would you describe the study by Flora & Segrin (2003)?
A longitudinal, prospective case study
In Felmlee’s research on Fatal Attraction Theory, she carried out interviews and questionnaires to see if there was support for her theory. What is a potential limitation of this research?
Confirmation bias
Which of the following is not one of Gottman’s four horses of the apocalypse?
Disagreement
Which of the following is true of Gottman’s research on the role of emotional expression in relationships?
He measured physiological responses while the couples had a conversation.
One of the problems with Gottman’s research is that it only uses couples who are seeking therapy as a last resort to save their marriage. This is an example of what research problem?
Ascertainment bias
Social exchange theory is the idea that a healthy relationship
has more benefits than costs
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