Human Sexuality Self, Society And Culture ist Edition By Gilbert Herdt- Test Bank
CHAPTER 13: ATTRACTION, LOVE, AND COMMUNICATION
True/False Questions
- Pure lust is based solely on physical attraction and fantasy.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Sexual Attraction
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Theories of Sexual Desire and Attraction
- Standards of beauty and sexiness have remained unchanged over time.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Sexual Attraction
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Beauty and Sexiness
- The matching hypothesis suggests that people select romantic and sexual partners whose opinions and values match their own.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Topic: Sexual Attraction
Blooms: Understand
Heading: Chemistry and Attraction
- Sexual scripts connect personalities and bodies to what culture has taught people to perceive and respond to as sexy.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Sexual Attraction
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Sexual Scripts
- Sexual scripts, then, help people to understand information about sexual nature, fantasies, sexual motivations, and physical attraction.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Sexual Attraction
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Sexual Scripts
- The love ideally shared between family members is a form of companionate love fatuous love.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Topic: Love
Blooms: Understand
Heading: Sternberg’s Theory of Love
- According to Sternberg, infatuation is simply intimacy that strong and long-lasting.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Topic: Love
Blooms: Understand
Heading: Sternberg’s Theory of Love
- According to Sternberg’s theory of love, companionate love is the complete form of love.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Topic: Love
Blooms: Understand
Heading: Sternberg’s Theory of Love
- The absence of all three of Sternberg’s components of love is known as empty love.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Topic: Love
Blooms: Understand
Heading: Sternberg’s Theory of Love
- Romantic love is theorized to be the type of love associated with the “perfect couple.”
Answer: False
Difficulty: Medium
Topic: Love
Blooms: Understand
Heading: Sternberg’s Theory of Love
- Due to the high sexual charge and extreme passion, eros relationships tend to burn out quickly because the passion and sexuality cannot be maintained.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Love
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Lee’s Styles of Love
- Good communication requires intentional listening, respect between the partners, and an attempt to understand and respond to needs effectively.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Communication
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Communication
- Offering encouragement and showing appreciation are examples of emotion work in relationships.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Communication
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Emotional Literacy: Communicating Your Needs
- As people develop greater emotional literacy, they can become more comfortable with sexual vocabulary.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Communication
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Emotional Literacy: Communicating Your Needs
- Nonverbal communication can serve the function of accenting a verbal message.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Communication
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Nonverbal Sexual Communication and Flirting
- According to John Gottman, volatile couples find their happiness in their shared perception of the similarities between them.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Communication
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Styles of Communication
- Couples who have a validating style of problem solving enjoy more stable and longer-lasting relationships than volatile and conflict-avoiding couples.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Communication
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Styles of Communication
- Complaining can be a healthy factor in a relationship because each partner can express needs and possibly get them met.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Communication
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Criticism
- Stonewalling is a characteristic of effective communication.
Answer: False
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Communication
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Stonewalling
- For a healthy relationship, saying no is a critical skill to learn.
Answer: True
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Communication and Sexual Well-Being
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Communication and Sexual Well-Being
Multiple Choice Questions
- Which of the following refers to the raw form of desire and attraction?
- Arousal
- Hate
- Friendship
- Love
- Lust
Answer: E
Difficulty: Medium
Topic: Sexual Attraction
Blooms: Understand
Heading: Theories of Sexual Desire and Attraction
- _____ refers to a positive perception of someone based on physical attractiveness.
- Golem effect
- Halo effect
- McClintock effect
- Doppler effect
- Pygmalion effect
Answer: B
Difficulty: Easy
Topic: Sexual Attraction
Blooms: Remember
Heading: Physical Attractiveness
- The “what is beautiful is good” stereotype is known as the _____.
- Pygmalion effect
- Golem effect
- Doppler effect
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