PSY 370 Quiz 4

In the context of research on reactions to rejection, which of the following statements is true?

• Marijuana intensifies the pain one experiences due to relational devaluation.

• Constant rejection causes more negative feelings than a pattern of decreasing acceptance from someone.

• When people who experienced romantic rejection were studied in fMRI scanners, their brains responded as if they were experiencing real pain.

• Unlike people with a dismissing style of attachment, people with an avoidant style of attachment experience more pain when others withdraw or show decreasing interest with time in their relationship.

According to Guerrero, the three feelings that best define jealousy are

• shame, envy, and anger.

• fear, shame, and pride.

• envy, hurt, and pride.

• hurt, anger, and fear.

According to research by Rydell, which of the following statements is true of one's tendency to feel jealous?

• Men are more prone to jealousy

• Highly extraverted people are more prone to jealousy than introverted people are.

• People with a dismissing style of attachment are more prone to jealousy than those with a preoccupied style of attachment.

• People with a lower CLalt are more prone to jealousy than those with a higher CL_alt.

Through no fault of their own, the partners of people who are high in the traits of ________, Machiavellianism, and/or psychopathy are more jealous than the rest of us.

• narcissism

• grandiosity

• conscientiousness

• introversion

Studies conducted by Haselton and Galperin have found that sexual selection may have favored men who were too suspicious of their partners' faithfulness over those who were not suspicious enough. This is because men face potential evolutionary costs in

• raising children who are not their own.

• choosing a partner who will not provide for their children.

• appearing weak in front of their peers.

• appearing weak in front of their spouses.

Olivia sees her relationship with Ryan as very close and important. Ryan sees his relationship with Olivia as moderately close and not very important. It appears that Olivia and Ryan are different in terms of their

• relational intentions.

• relational value.

• conceptualization of love.

• love schema.

You may have heard you never use the Pythagorean theorem after high school. You were lied to. What is it?

• 8x+4y-3c

• sin² x ≈ x²

• None of these

If people want their betrayal to do the least harm to their relationship, they should

• admit to their wrongdoing without being asked.

• allow a third party to reveal the betrayal.

• admit to the most serious wrong they have done.

• deny any wrongdoing whatsoever.

People who seek vengeance for a betrayal

• generally achieve their aim of making the betrayer repent.

• often have a dismissing attachment style.

• accelerate the healing process.

• tend to be high in the Dark Triad traits.

Identify a true statement about forgiveness.

• Forgiveness has the power to transform even selfish, cheating scoundrels into faithful lovers

• Forgiveness that is offered in the absence of genuine contrition may be perceived to be a license to offend again.

• Forgiveness is associated with higher marital satisfaction even if a spouse habitually misbehaves.

• Forgiveness rarely gets erring partners to reform and behave better as it tends to shame them.