Test Bank for Intimate Relationships, 3e Thomas
Bradbury, Benjamin Karney
CHAPTER 1: Love and Why It Matters
1. Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
a. Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being
i. Relationship status
ii. Relationship quality
iii. Associations with happiness
1. Physical health
2. Sexual intimacy
3. Financial well-being
a. Relationship transitions
iv. Subjective happiness
1. Selection effects
2. Protection effects
b. Intimate relationships influence the well-being of children
i. Role of relationship status, relationship quality, and relationship transitions
ii. Longitudinal effects and genetic influence
c. Intimate relationships contribute to larger communities
i. Social control theory
d. Intimate relationships are universal
i. Pairbonds
ii. Cross-cultural research on Western and Eastern cultures (individualistic vs. collectivistic
societies)
1. Role of globalization
a. Arranged marriages
b. Westernized values in intimate relationships
e. Intimate relationships determine the survival of our species
i. Natural selection and fitness
ii. Oxytocin
2. What Makes a Relationship Intimate?
a. Interdependence
i. Mutual influence
1. Between two individuals
2. Bidirectional
ii. Extends over time
iii. Necessary for intimacy (you cannot have intimacy without) but not sufficient
b. Social Relationships that are Personal Relationships
i. Impersonal versus personal relationships
c. Personal Relationships that are Close Relationships
i. Closeness
d. Close Relationships that are Intimate Relationships
i. Sexual passion between partners that could be expressed and shared
3. Love and the Essential Mystery of Intimate Relationships
a. Seven attributes of love
b. Components of love
c. Types of love
,MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. You are taking part in a study on relationships and pain. You are asked to place your hand in
freezing-cold water for as long as you can. It becomes quite painful after a few minutes. Given what you
know about the neurochemistry of close relationships, under what condition do you think you would
subjectively experience the least pain?
a. when there is a stranger in the room with his or her hand on your shoulder
b. when your romantic partner is in the room with you with his or her hand on your shoulder
c. when you are alone in the room
d. when you are alone in the room but know your partner is in the room next door
ANS: B DIF: Difficult REF: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important MSC: Applied
2. Married versus unmarried couples differ in terms of their well-being. Although it could be that being
married provides benefits that lead to increases in well-being, it is also possible that this is a “selection
effect.” A selection effect occurs when
a. groups of people differ not because of something special about their group but because they
have chosen the group.
b. researchers do not randomly select the groups of people they are comparing, which results
in group differences.
c. couples selected mates based on compatible personalities and “love” versus arranged
marriages.
d. couples in one group are more satisfied because they are part of a select group of
high-functioning couples.
ANS: A DIF: Medium
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being
MSC: Factual
3. Under what circumstances would something have a “protection effect”?
a. Something about a specific experience (e.g., being married) confers advantages or benefits.
b. Random changes in genes from one generation to the next result in increased fitness.
c. Love leads to a strong desire to protect the object of affection.
d. The family circumstances of children influence the way children will manage their own
intimate relationships as adults.
ANS: A DIF: Easy
REF: Intimate Relationships Are Universal | Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and
Well-Being | Intimate Relationships Influence the Well-Being of Children
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being:
Relationship status | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being: Relationship quality | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships
affect subjective well-being: Associations with happiness | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important:
Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being: Subjective happiness
MSC: Factual
4. According to your textbook, relationship quality
a. is influenced by a wide range of factors.
b. is a central focus in research on intimate relationships.
c. determines why some relationships last and some do not.
d. All of the answer options are correct.
ANS: D DIF: Easy
, REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being:
Relationship quality MSC: Factual
5. Hari, Adam, and Neela went snowboarding and neglected to apply sunscreen. Now they all have blisters
on their faces. Hari lives with his romantic partner and they have a good relationship, Adam is in a
difficult relationship, and Neela has just broken up with her romantic partner. Given what you know
about health and relationships, what can we say about their recovery?
a. Neela will recover the quickest because she does not have to worry about taking care of
another person.
b. Both Hari and Adam will recover more quickly than Neela because they are in relationships.
c. Hari will recover the quickest because Adam’s relationship is difficult and Neela just broke
off a relationship.
d. All of them are likely to recover equally as fast.
ANS: C DIF: Medium
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being:
Relationship quality | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect
subjective well-being: Associations with happiness MSC: Applied
6. In close relationships, who is having the most sex?
a. single men and women c. single men
b. married men and women d. dating couples
ANS: B DIF: Easy
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being:
Associations with happiness MSC: Factual
7. Regarding the research on links between relationship status and mental and physical health, what can we
conclude?
a. There is no link between being married and feeling greater general well-being.
b. People who are single and people who live with a relationship partner have similar levels of
personal well-being.
c. Even if the relationship is of poor quality, married people have greater well-being than
single people.
d. People who live with a relationship partner are slightly happier than people who live alone.
ANS: D DIF: Easy
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being:
Associations with happiness MSC: Factual
8. Tremayne and Jose have both been married to their partners for 30 years. Tremayne has continued to feel
satisfied in his relationship with his wife; Jose, on the other hand, has found he has become less satisfied
in his relationship over time. Both men suffer from congestive heart failure and are participating in a
study of relationships and health. Based on material presented in the textbook, who would you expect to
live longer?
a. Jose, because congestive heart failure patients are more likely to die when in less satisfying
intimate relationships.
b. Tremayne, because congestive heart failure patients are less likely to die when in more
satisfying intimate relationships.
c. Tremayne, because relationship quality is associated with less activation of threat-related
brain regions.
, d. Neither Tremayne nor Jose, because relationship quality is unrelated to patients’ mortality
rates.
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well being:
Associations with happiness: Physical health MSC: Applied
9. In a study of couples where one spouse had congestive heart failure, researchers evaluated relationship
quality and whether it was related to mortality rates (death) in a 4-year period. What did the researchers
find?
a. Patients were less likely to die when in more satisfying intimate relationships.
b. Relationship quality was unrelated to patients’ mortality rates.
c. Humans are biologically programmed to desire intimate relationships.
d. The partner without heart failure became increasingly unhappy in the relationship following
the other partner’s diagnosis.
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well being:
Associations with happiness: Physical health MSC: Factual
10. In a study of couples where one spouse had congestive heart failure, researchers found that patients in
happier relationships were less likely to die in the 4 years following the study. What does this study
illustrate?
a. Relationship quality can have important consequences for personal outcomes.
b. Relationship quality declines as diseases, such as congestive heart failure, progress.
c. Having an important intimate relationship improves survival rates.
d. The physical proximity of an intimate partner reduces a person’s assessment of danger and
physical threat.
ANS: A DIF: Medium REF: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well being:
Associations with happiness: Physical health MSC: Conceptual
11. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study showed that threat-related brain structures are deactivated
when women hold their husbands’ hands, and, in another study, relationship communication predicted
how long people may survive after a diagnosis of congestive heart failure. Why were the two different
studies contrasted in the text?
a. to show how men and women differ in relationships, with women focusing more on emotion
in social relationships and men focusing more on the social hierarchy and stress
b. to show two different research methods—one focusing on biological measures and the other
focusing on observational methods
c. to show two different research designs—one focusing on cross-sectional data collection and
one focusing on longitudinal methods
d. to show two different kinds of reasons for studying relationships—one focusing on
something special about relationships themselves (intrinsic reasons) and one focusing on
the effects that relationships have on other important experiences (extrinsic reasons)
ANS: D DIF: Difficult REF: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well being:
Associations with happiness: Physical health MSC: Conceptual
12. In an MRI study, women were told they would either have a 20 percent chance of electric shock after
being shown a red X on a video monitor or no chance of electric shock after being shown a blue O while
holding hands with an intimate partner, a stranger, or no one. What did the authors of the study find?
a. Women were less likely to report feeling fear of the shock when holding hands with their
Bradbury, Benjamin Karney
CHAPTER 1: Love and Why It Matters
1. Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
a. Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being
i. Relationship status
ii. Relationship quality
iii. Associations with happiness
1. Physical health
2. Sexual intimacy
3. Financial well-being
a. Relationship transitions
iv. Subjective happiness
1. Selection effects
2. Protection effects
b. Intimate relationships influence the well-being of children
i. Role of relationship status, relationship quality, and relationship transitions
ii. Longitudinal effects and genetic influence
c. Intimate relationships contribute to larger communities
i. Social control theory
d. Intimate relationships are universal
i. Pairbonds
ii. Cross-cultural research on Western and Eastern cultures (individualistic vs. collectivistic
societies)
1. Role of globalization
a. Arranged marriages
b. Westernized values in intimate relationships
e. Intimate relationships determine the survival of our species
i. Natural selection and fitness
ii. Oxytocin
2. What Makes a Relationship Intimate?
a. Interdependence
i. Mutual influence
1. Between two individuals
2. Bidirectional
ii. Extends over time
iii. Necessary for intimacy (you cannot have intimacy without) but not sufficient
b. Social Relationships that are Personal Relationships
i. Impersonal versus personal relationships
c. Personal Relationships that are Close Relationships
i. Closeness
d. Close Relationships that are Intimate Relationships
i. Sexual passion between partners that could be expressed and shared
3. Love and the Essential Mystery of Intimate Relationships
a. Seven attributes of love
b. Components of love
c. Types of love
,MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. You are taking part in a study on relationships and pain. You are asked to place your hand in
freezing-cold water for as long as you can. It becomes quite painful after a few minutes. Given what you
know about the neurochemistry of close relationships, under what condition do you think you would
subjectively experience the least pain?
a. when there is a stranger in the room with his or her hand on your shoulder
b. when your romantic partner is in the room with you with his or her hand on your shoulder
c. when you are alone in the room
d. when you are alone in the room but know your partner is in the room next door
ANS: B DIF: Difficult REF: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important MSC: Applied
2. Married versus unmarried couples differ in terms of their well-being. Although it could be that being
married provides benefits that lead to increases in well-being, it is also possible that this is a “selection
effect.” A selection effect occurs when
a. groups of people differ not because of something special about their group but because they
have chosen the group.
b. researchers do not randomly select the groups of people they are comparing, which results
in group differences.
c. couples selected mates based on compatible personalities and “love” versus arranged
marriages.
d. couples in one group are more satisfied because they are part of a select group of
high-functioning couples.
ANS: A DIF: Medium
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being
MSC: Factual
3. Under what circumstances would something have a “protection effect”?
a. Something about a specific experience (e.g., being married) confers advantages or benefits.
b. Random changes in genes from one generation to the next result in increased fitness.
c. Love leads to a strong desire to protect the object of affection.
d. The family circumstances of children influence the way children will manage their own
intimate relationships as adults.
ANS: A DIF: Easy
REF: Intimate Relationships Are Universal | Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and
Well-Being | Intimate Relationships Influence the Well-Being of Children
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being:
Relationship status | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective
well-being: Relationship quality | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships
affect subjective well-being: Associations with happiness | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important:
Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being: Subjective happiness
MSC: Factual
4. According to your textbook, relationship quality
a. is influenced by a wide range of factors.
b. is a central focus in research on intimate relationships.
c. determines why some relationships last and some do not.
d. All of the answer options are correct.
ANS: D DIF: Easy
, REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being:
Relationship quality MSC: Factual
5. Hari, Adam, and Neela went snowboarding and neglected to apply sunscreen. Now they all have blisters
on their faces. Hari lives with his romantic partner and they have a good relationship, Adam is in a
difficult relationship, and Neela has just broken up with her romantic partner. Given what you know
about health and relationships, what can we say about their recovery?
a. Neela will recover the quickest because she does not have to worry about taking care of
another person.
b. Both Hari and Adam will recover more quickly than Neela because they are in relationships.
c. Hari will recover the quickest because Adam’s relationship is difficult and Neela just broke
off a relationship.
d. All of them are likely to recover equally as fast.
ANS: C DIF: Medium
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being:
Relationship quality | Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect
subjective well-being: Associations with happiness MSC: Applied
6. In close relationships, who is having the most sex?
a. single men and women c. single men
b. married men and women d. dating couples
ANS: B DIF: Easy
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being:
Associations with happiness MSC: Factual
7. Regarding the research on links between relationship status and mental and physical health, what can we
conclude?
a. There is no link between being married and feeling greater general well-being.
b. People who are single and people who live with a relationship partner have similar levels of
personal well-being.
c. Even if the relationship is of poor quality, married people have greater well-being than
single people.
d. People who live with a relationship partner are slightly happier than people who live alone.
ANS: D DIF: Easy
REF: Intimate Relationships Affect Our Happiness and Well-Being
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well-being:
Associations with happiness MSC: Factual
8. Tremayne and Jose have both been married to their partners for 30 years. Tremayne has continued to feel
satisfied in his relationship with his wife; Jose, on the other hand, has found he has become less satisfied
in his relationship over time. Both men suffer from congestive heart failure and are participating in a
study of relationships and health. Based on material presented in the textbook, who would you expect to
live longer?
a. Jose, because congestive heart failure patients are more likely to die when in less satisfying
intimate relationships.
b. Tremayne, because congestive heart failure patients are less likely to die when in more
satisfying intimate relationships.
c. Tremayne, because relationship quality is associated with less activation of threat-related
brain regions.
, d. Neither Tremayne nor Jose, because relationship quality is unrelated to patients’ mortality
rates.
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well being:
Associations with happiness: Physical health MSC: Applied
9. In a study of couples where one spouse had congestive heart failure, researchers evaluated relationship
quality and whether it was related to mortality rates (death) in a 4-year period. What did the researchers
find?
a. Patients were less likely to die when in more satisfying intimate relationships.
b. Relationship quality was unrelated to patients’ mortality rates.
c. Humans are biologically programmed to desire intimate relationships.
d. The partner without heart failure became increasingly unhappy in the relationship following
the other partner’s diagnosis.
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well being:
Associations with happiness: Physical health MSC: Factual
10. In a study of couples where one spouse had congestive heart failure, researchers found that patients in
happier relationships were less likely to die in the 4 years following the study. What does this study
illustrate?
a. Relationship quality can have important consequences for personal outcomes.
b. Relationship quality declines as diseases, such as congestive heart failure, progress.
c. Having an important intimate relationship improves survival rates.
d. The physical proximity of an intimate partner reduces a person’s assessment of danger and
physical threat.
ANS: A DIF: Medium REF: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well being:
Associations with happiness: Physical health MSC: Conceptual
11. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study showed that threat-related brain structures are deactivated
when women hold their husbands’ hands, and, in another study, relationship communication predicted
how long people may survive after a diagnosis of congestive heart failure. Why were the two different
studies contrasted in the text?
a. to show how men and women differ in relationships, with women focusing more on emotion
in social relationships and men focusing more on the social hierarchy and stress
b. to show two different research methods—one focusing on biological measures and the other
focusing on observational methods
c. to show two different research designs—one focusing on cross-sectional data collection and
one focusing on longitudinal methods
d. to show two different kinds of reasons for studying relationships—one focusing on
something special about relationships themselves (intrinsic reasons) and one focusing on
the effects that relationships have on other important experiences (extrinsic reasons)
ANS: D DIF: Difficult REF: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important
TOP: Why Intimate Relationships Are Important: Intimate relationships affect subjective well being:
Associations with happiness: Physical health MSC: Conceptual
12. In an MRI study, women were told they would either have a 20 percent chance of electric shock after
being shown a red X on a video monitor or no chance of electric shock after being shown a blue O while
holding hands with an intimate partner, a stranger, or no one. What did the authors of the study find?
a. Women were less likely to report feeling fear of the shock when holding hands with their
