FAML 160 MIDTERM EXAM
FAML 160 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE 70
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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According to symbolic interactionism, the crucial factor that indicates why women
remain in abusive relationships is _____ - ANSWER-How the victims define their
violent situation (CH 5&6)
Using a small sample of 73 males and 173 female students who had been
passionately in love, dated, and then broke up, three researchers (Choo, Levine,
and Hatfield) found a number of gender differences. Which of the following was a
gender difference found during the research study? - ANSWER-As a coping style,
the men were more likely than the women to bury themselves in work or sports (5
& 6)
In a classic study of ways for responding to deterioration in relationships, Rusbult
(1987) identified four kinds of responses; _______is the refusal to face the
problems and a willingness to let the relationship die - ANSWER-Neglect (5&6)
According to a small-sample study of university students, which of the following is
true about dating protocol - ANSWER-African Americans are more traditional than
whites (5&6)
Which of the following is an advantage of meeting someone on the internet and
then pursuing the relationship further? - ANSWER-People get to know something
about each other before being distracted by physical appearance (5&6)
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Identify a mechanism that is an integral part of the process of building an intimate
relationship - ANSWER-Intimacy as an exchange relationship; Interdependence &
commitment; Self-disclosure (5&6)
Casual & sometimes spontaneous getting together of groups at parties, parking
lots, bars, and other locales is referred to as - ANSWER-Hanging out. (5&6)
A survey of 475 college students in three Russian universities revealed that
______ percent of females reported some kind of sexual assault. - ANSWER-36.6.
(5&6)
Ira Reiss (Reiss & Lee 1988) characterized the development of love in terms of four
separate but interrelated processes. Identify a true statement about these
processes. - ANSWER-Self-disclosure leads to mutual dependency; Mutual
dependency leads to the fulfillment of one's intimacy needs; Increasing self-
disclosure is a characteristic of a developing intimacy (5& 6)
Social psychologist, Ellen Berscheid and Elaine Walster, set forth a two-component
theory of love. Identify the basis of this theory. - ANSWER-Differing emotions can
produce similar kinds of physical arousal. (5&6)
When a person whom we love fulfills our need for someone to love, someone in
whom we can confide, someone with whom we can share experiences, someone
who loves and appreciates us, we have reached the process or stage of ______. -
ANSWER-Intimacy need fulfillment (5&6)
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__________is a love that is independent of one's feelings for another. - ANSWER-
Agape (5&6)
Which of the following statements is true about the love styles of British, Indian,
and portuguese college students? - ANSWER-Students in India indicated higher
levels of pragma, mania, and agape than did the students in Britain & Portugal
(5&6)
Keith Davis has outlined eight qualities in friendship. Which of the following is not
one of these qualities? - ANSWER-To acknowledge the relationship as being non
sexual (5&6)
_______is the kind of love found in the affection between parents and their
children. - ANSWER-Storge (5&6)
There are three kinds of attachment styles with one's mother. What are they? -
ANSWER-1) Secure 2) Avoidant. 3) Anxious/ambivalent (5&6)
Which of the following attachment styles of children with their mother is the most
common? - ANSWER-Secure (5&6)
________is love between men and women - ANSWER-Eros (5&6)
Know the following terms: social science, family of origin, social loneliness,
emotional loneliness. - ANSWER-Social science: The scientific study of human
society and social relationships.
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FAML 160 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE 70
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
According to symbolic interactionism, the crucial factor that indicates why women
remain in abusive relationships is _____ - ANSWER-How the victims define their
violent situation (CH 5&6)
Using a small sample of 73 males and 173 female students who had been
passionately in love, dated, and then broke up, three researchers (Choo, Levine,
and Hatfield) found a number of gender differences. Which of the following was a
gender difference found during the research study? - ANSWER-As a coping style,
the men were more likely than the women to bury themselves in work or sports (5
& 6)
In a classic study of ways for responding to deterioration in relationships, Rusbult
(1987) identified four kinds of responses; _______is the refusal to face the
problems and a willingness to let the relationship die - ANSWER-Neglect (5&6)
According to a small-sample study of university students, which of the following is
true about dating protocol - ANSWER-African Americans are more traditional than
whites (5&6)
Which of the following is an advantage of meeting someone on the internet and
then pursuing the relationship further? - ANSWER-People get to know something
about each other before being distracted by physical appearance (5&6)
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, FAML 160 MIDTERM EXAM
Identify a mechanism that is an integral part of the process of building an intimate
relationship - ANSWER-Intimacy as an exchange relationship; Interdependence &
commitment; Self-disclosure (5&6)
Casual & sometimes spontaneous getting together of groups at parties, parking
lots, bars, and other locales is referred to as - ANSWER-Hanging out. (5&6)
A survey of 475 college students in three Russian universities revealed that
______ percent of females reported some kind of sexual assault. - ANSWER-36.6.
(5&6)
Ira Reiss (Reiss & Lee 1988) characterized the development of love in terms of four
separate but interrelated processes. Identify a true statement about these
processes. - ANSWER-Self-disclosure leads to mutual dependency; Mutual
dependency leads to the fulfillment of one's intimacy needs; Increasing self-
disclosure is a characteristic of a developing intimacy (5& 6)
Social psychologist, Ellen Berscheid and Elaine Walster, set forth a two-component
theory of love. Identify the basis of this theory. - ANSWER-Differing emotions can
produce similar kinds of physical arousal. (5&6)
When a person whom we love fulfills our need for someone to love, someone in
whom we can confide, someone with whom we can share experiences, someone
who loves and appreciates us, we have reached the process or stage of ______. -
ANSWER-Intimacy need fulfillment (5&6)
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, FAML 160 MIDTERM EXAM
__________is a love that is independent of one's feelings for another. - ANSWER-
Agape (5&6)
Which of the following statements is true about the love styles of British, Indian,
and portuguese college students? - ANSWER-Students in India indicated higher
levels of pragma, mania, and agape than did the students in Britain & Portugal
(5&6)
Keith Davis has outlined eight qualities in friendship. Which of the following is not
one of these qualities? - ANSWER-To acknowledge the relationship as being non
sexual (5&6)
_______is the kind of love found in the affection between parents and their
children. - ANSWER-Storge (5&6)
There are three kinds of attachment styles with one's mother. What are they? -
ANSWER-1) Secure 2) Avoidant. 3) Anxious/ambivalent (5&6)
Which of the following attachment styles of children with their mother is the most
common? - ANSWER-Secure (5&6)
________is love between men and women - ANSWER-Eros (5&6)
Know the following terms: social science, family of origin, social loneliness,
emotional loneliness. - ANSWER-Social science: The scientific study of human
society and social relationships.
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