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PSYC 3611 TRU Open-Learning Midterm
Exam Prep 2025/2026 ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT
SOLUTIONS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
GUARANTEED PASS <LATEST VERSION>
Secret romances are good or bad? - (ANSWER)exciting, but take a toll on you
How do friends help us in mate selection? - (ANSWER)women help women avoid
contact with undesireable partners. men help men gain access to desireable
females
Jealousy is triggered by what? - (ANSWER)Threat to our self-esteem. Threat
arises when we fear that someone we love or care IS about to desert us for a
better mate.
What do we seek in romantic partners? - (ANSWER)Depends to an important
extent on what role we expect to play in future: provider or homemaker
Sternberg's triangle model of love - (ANSWER)1. Passionate love. 2.
Compassionate love. 3. Decision/Commitment
What is romantic attraction influenced by? - (ANSWER)1. Physical proximity. 2.
Appearance. 3. Similarity.
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Fatuous love - (ANSWER)Passion and Commitment (shallow, no intimacy)
Infatuation - (ANSWER)Passion alone (no intimacy or commitment)
Empty love - (ANSWER)Decision/Commitment alone (no intimacy or passion)
Compassionate love - (ANSWER)Intimacy and commitment (no passion)
Liking - (ANSWER)Intimacy alone (true friendship without passion or long term
commitment)
Romatic love - (ANSWER)Intimacy and passion (no commitment)
Triangular model of love - (ANSWER)is Sternbergs conceptualization of love
relationships
Compassionate love is based on - (ANSWER)friendship, mutual attraction, shared
interests, respect and concern for one another's welfare
Unrequited love - (ANSWER)Love felt by one person for another who does not
feel love in return
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Passionate love - (ANSWER)An intense and often unrealistic emotional response
to another person. When this emotion is ecperiences, it is usually perceived as an
indication of true love, but to outside observers it appears to be infatuation.
Love definition - (ANSWER)a combination of emotions, cognitions and behaviors
that often play a crucial role in intimate relationships
What plays bigger role in the early stages of relationship: actual or perceived
similarity? - (ANSWER)perceived
Close friendship - (ANSWER)a relationship in which two people spend a great deal
of time together, interact in variety of situations and provide mutual emotional
support
Dismisssing attachment style - (ANSWER)High self-esteem, low interpersonal
trust. Conflicted and somewhat insecure attachment style. Individual feels they
deserve a close relationship, but mistrust partners. tendency to reject first to
avoid being rejected.
Preoccupied attachment style - (ANSWER)Low self-esteem, high interpersonal
trust.Conflicted and somewhat insecure attachment style. Individual strongly
desires a close relationship, but feels unworthy, thus is vulnerable to getting
rejected.
PSYC 3611 TRU Open-Learning Midterm
Exam Prep 2025/2026 ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT
SOLUTIONS WITH RATIONALES || 100%
GUARANTEED PASS <LATEST VERSION>
Secret romances are good or bad? - (ANSWER)exciting, but take a toll on you
How do friends help us in mate selection? - (ANSWER)women help women avoid
contact with undesireable partners. men help men gain access to desireable
females
Jealousy is triggered by what? - (ANSWER)Threat to our self-esteem. Threat
arises when we fear that someone we love or care IS about to desert us for a
better mate.
What do we seek in romantic partners? - (ANSWER)Depends to an important
extent on what role we expect to play in future: provider or homemaker
Sternberg's triangle model of love - (ANSWER)1. Passionate love. 2.
Compassionate love. 3. Decision/Commitment
What is romantic attraction influenced by? - (ANSWER)1. Physical proximity. 2.
Appearance. 3. Similarity.
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Fatuous love - (ANSWER)Passion and Commitment (shallow, no intimacy)
Infatuation - (ANSWER)Passion alone (no intimacy or commitment)
Empty love - (ANSWER)Decision/Commitment alone (no intimacy or passion)
Compassionate love - (ANSWER)Intimacy and commitment (no passion)
Liking - (ANSWER)Intimacy alone (true friendship without passion or long term
commitment)
Romatic love - (ANSWER)Intimacy and passion (no commitment)
Triangular model of love - (ANSWER)is Sternbergs conceptualization of love
relationships
Compassionate love is based on - (ANSWER)friendship, mutual attraction, shared
interests, respect and concern for one another's welfare
Unrequited love - (ANSWER)Love felt by one person for another who does not
feel love in return
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Passionate love - (ANSWER)An intense and often unrealistic emotional response
to another person. When this emotion is ecperiences, it is usually perceived as an
indication of true love, but to outside observers it appears to be infatuation.
Love definition - (ANSWER)a combination of emotions, cognitions and behaviors
that often play a crucial role in intimate relationships
What plays bigger role in the early stages of relationship: actual or perceived
similarity? - (ANSWER)perceived
Close friendship - (ANSWER)a relationship in which two people spend a great deal
of time together, interact in variety of situations and provide mutual emotional
support
Dismisssing attachment style - (ANSWER)High self-esteem, low interpersonal
trust. Conflicted and somewhat insecure attachment style. Individual feels they
deserve a close relationship, but mistrust partners. tendency to reject first to
avoid being rejected.
Preoccupied attachment style - (ANSWER)Low self-esteem, high interpersonal
trust.Conflicted and somewhat insecure attachment style. Individual strongly
desires a close relationship, but feels unworthy, thus is vulnerable to getting
rejected.
