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Course Introduction
Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the complex ways in which gender shapes social, cultural, political, and economic life. The course explores the construction and representation of gender identities and roles across different societies and historical periods, considering intersections with race, class, sexuality, and other axes of identity. Students will engage with a variety of theoretical frameworks, including feminist theory, queer theory, and masculinity studies, while analyzing topics such as power relations, social justice, and activism. Through critical readings, discussions, and research, the course aims to develop an understanding of gender as both an individual and collective experience, and to encourage critical reflection on its role in shaping contemporary society.
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Intimate Relationships 7th Edition by Rowland Miller
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Chapter 1: The Building Blocks of Relationships
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Q1) What do recent studies suggest about the labels we use in describing attachment?
A) The labels are widely and correctly used.
B) It is better to describe people with regard to their relative standing on dimensions of anxiety and avoidance.
C) Labels should be thought of as describing distinctly different categories that have nothing in common.
D) The labels are largely useless.
Answer: B
Q2) Married couples are likely to be the happiest when:
A) each partner conforms to traditional gender roles.
B) both partners are undifferentiated.
C) both partners rate highly in expressiveness and instrumentality.
D) the husband is like his wife in being low in masculinity and high in femininity.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Research Methods
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Q1) A research measure that produces the same results time after time under the same conditions is said to be _____.
A) valid
B) reliable
C) structured
D) causal
Answer: B
Q2) The most common measures of intimate relationships are:
A) self-reports.
B) behavioral observations.
C) emotional observations.
D) couple's reports.
Answer: A
Q3) Which type of study is most vulnerable to reactivity?
A) Archival
B) Questionnaire
C) Meta-analysis
D) Observational
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Attraction
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Q1) Parents who forbid their son or daughter from seeing a particular person may actually foster attraction between the two through the principle of:
A) fatal attraction.
B) complementarity.
C) reactance.
D) defiance.
Answer: C
Q2) The "what is beautiful is good" bias is:
A) true across cultures, and the characteristics that are associated with being beautiful are the same across cultures.
B) true across cultures, although what characteristics are associated with being beautiful may be slightly different.
C) only true in western cultures, like the United States.
D) only true in cultures where "love" marriages occur: it disappears in cultures where arranged marriages are the norm.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Social Cognition
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Q1) The belief that in a truly good relationship partners never disagree is a _____ belief.
A) dysfunctional
B) growth
C) destiny
D) true
Q2) The belief that good relationships are the result of hard work is an example of:
A) realistic belief.
B) growth belief.
C) dysfunctional belief.
D) defeatist belief.
Q3) The tendency of the first information we receive about others to carry special weight in shaping our overall impressions of them is known as:
A) associative meaning.
B) hindsight bias.
C) the primacy effect.
D) the priming effect.
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Chapter 5: Communication
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Q1) Sue would like to have a discussion with her boyfriend about where their relationship is going,but she is afraid it would threaten the quality of their relationship.For Sue,talking about the relationship is:
A) a taboo topic.
B) a topic of self-disclosure.
C) in an intimate zone.
D) an area of social control.
Q2) Individuals low in blirtatiousness tend to:
A) blurt out whatever they are thinking.
B) be slower, more deliberate and more hesitating in verbalizing feelings.
C) be more difficult for everyone to get along with.
D) form strong friendships easily.
Q3) The problem with conversations that drift off-beam is that couples involved in these conversations:
A) do not spend enough time on a topic to resolve the problem.
B) spend so much time on one problem that others are never addressed.
C) keep complaining about the same things over and over again.
D) tend to accuse their partners of things that are not true.
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Chapter 6: Interdependency
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Q1) In considering ending her relationship with her husband,Marie considers how they might divide up their household goods,and how it might impact their children and their friends.In interdependence theory terms,Marie is thinking about:
A) comparison level.
B) comparison level of alternatives.
C) outcomes.
D) investments.
Q2) Maurice receives many rewards and has few costs in his relationship with Karla.He believes he should have many more rewards.What is likely to be the outcome of this arrangement?
A) Maurice is likely to experience satisfaction in this relationship.
B) Maurice is likely to experience dissatisfaction in this relationship.
C) Maurice is likely to be dependent on this relationship.
D) Maurice is likely to be independent in this relationship.
Q3) Which of the following pairs is the best example of an exchange relationship?
A) Recently married couple
B) Brother and sister
C) Close same-sex friends
D) Store clerk and customer
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Chapter 7: Friendship
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Q1) When people see more and more of their lover and less of friends,this is known as:
A) romantic gazing.
B) dyadic withdrawal.
C) intensity bonding.
D) barriers to friendship.
Q2) Norma,a 68-year-old,has a few close friends.These friends are not a very diverse group but they provide her with the emotional support she needs.Her grandson has a large group of friends,many of them casual friendships.These patterns are consistent with:
A) dyadic withdrawal theory.
B) the socioemotional selectivity theory.
C) capitalization.
D) high self-monitoring.
Q3) Safe haven refers to:
A) making constant contact with an attachment figure.
B) resisting separation from an attachment figure.
C) using an attachment figure as a secure base from which to explore the world.
D) seeking out an attachment figure for reassurance after a stressor.
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Chapter 8: Love
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Q1) Alison fell in love with Jude at their first meeting.She thought he was very attractive and wanted to have a relationship with him.According to Lee's love style,Alison is showing which type of love?
A) Eros
B) Ludus
C) Storge
D) Agape
Q2) Lexi and Caleb have a deep passion for one another,and after a whirlwind courtship they got married.They don't know each other very well.Lexi and Caleb are experiencing:
A) fatuous love.
B) infatuated love.
C) empty love.
D) romantic love.
Q3) When asked to provide comfort to a needy partner those high in _____ behave negatively and sometimes get angry.
A) avoidance
B) security
C) anxiety
D) disorganized attachment
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Chapter 9: Sexuality
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Q1) If the rate of infection for a woman in a single unprotected sexual encounter with an infected man is 0.2%,what is the probability she'll be infected if she has unprotected sex with him 10 times?
A) 0.2%
B) Much lower than that
C) Much higher than that
D) More information is needed to answer
Q2) Overall,research suggests that abstinence programs:
A) are very effective in reducing teen birth and sexually transmitted diseases.
B) are generally based on the most up-to-date scientific information.
C) don't work. Teen are not less likely to abstain and are less likely to use contraception. D) helpful in reducing the rates of teen pregnancy.
Q3) As suggested by self-determination theory,sex is more satisfying to both members of the couple if it fulfils the needs of:
A) autonomy, competence, and relatedness.
B) autonomy, submission, and nurturance.
C) authority, competence, and nurturance.
D) authority, submission, and relatedness.
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Chapter 10: Stresses and Strains
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Q1) Of the following,who is most likely to get away with a lie?
A) Someone who has less to lose
B) Someone who is trying to make a good impression
C) Someone who is a frequent liar
D) Someone who is lying to attractive targets
Q2) The apparent decrease in others' regard for us that results in hurt feelings is known as:
A) relational devaluation.
B) relational value.
C) relational rejection.
D) extreme rejection.
Q3) What most often gives away liars?
A) Inconsistencies in the things they say
B) Nonverbal behaviors
C) Personal confessions
D) None of these; liars are very hard to detect.
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Chapter 11: Conflict
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Q1) Evidence suggests that the most crucial determinant of being the demander in the demand/withdrawal conflict cycle is:
A) wanting a goal that requires a partner's cooperation.
B) being female.
C) being happily married.
D) being impatient.
Q2) Which of the following is associated with the instigation of conflict?
A) Negotiation
B) Escalation
C) Illegitimate demands
D) Withdrawal
Q3) What is a noticeable tendency among couples with regard to conflict style?
A) Most couples change conflict styles often, fighting constructively one month and more destructively the next.
B) Most couples can't be categorized as using one conflict style.
C) Although change is possible, couples tend to maintain the same conflict style.
D) Couples maintain conflict styles, never changing.
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Chapter 12: Power and Violence
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Q1) People who seek collaboration with their partners are using a(n):
A) indirect strategy.
B) coercive strategy.
C) unilateral strategy.
D) bilateral strategy.
Q2) From an interdependency perspective,power is based on:
A) control of valuable resources.
B) control of access to valuable resources.
C) partner's value of a particular resource.
D) All of these.
Q3) When one has control over all of his or her partner's possible outcomes,one has the power known as:
A) life control.
B) fate control.
C) mind control.
D) parental control.
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Chapter 13: The Dissolution and Loss of Relationships
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Q1) Shauna and Brent got married in June.They both have little education,Shauna's parents had a bad marriage,and Brent's social skills are not very good.According to Karney and Bradbury's vulnerability-stress-adaptation model,Shauna and Brent's marriage:
A) is doomed, no matter what happens.
B) may make it if they do not encounter too many difficulties in life.
C) should be fine, as long as they don't have many alternatives to their relationship.
D) has a high likelihood of succeeding, no matter what happens.
Q2) Which model suggests that problematic behavior that destroys a couple begins after marriage?
A) Enduring dynamics model
B) Emergent distress model
C) Disillusionment model
D) Reactive stress model
Q3) After a divorce social networks usually:
A) increase greatly.
B) increase somewhat.
C) stay the same size.
D) decrease in size.
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Chapter 14: Maintaining and Repairing Relationships
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Q1) Seeing a movie that interests your partner but not you is a(n):
A) unproductive strategy.
B) behavioral maintenance mechanism.
C) cognitive maintenance mechanism.
D) form of derogation of alternatives.
Q2) With regard to self-help relationship books and websites,consumers should:
A) avail all the information from these sources that they can.
B) steer clear-these sources cannot be trusted.
C) be wary and check the credentials of the author or site before acting on their advice.
D) only trust books because websites are not as well monitored.
Q3) People are most likely to experience favorable outcomes from marital therapy when:
A) there are children involved.
B) it is their last resort before divorce.
C) they have positive expectations.
D) they use a psychoanalytic approach.
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