Intimate Relationships 2nd Edition by Thomas N. Bradbury-Test Bank

Test Bank For Intimate Relationships 2nd Edition by Thomas N. Bradbury

ISBN-10. 0393920232 , ISBN-13. 978-0393920239

CHAPTER 3: Theoretical Frameworks
MULTIPLE CHOICE

1.Which of the next is NOT a function of theories?

a.Theories form how we predict.

b.Theories information analysis.

c.Theories are equally correct at explaining conduct.

d.Theories will be express or implicit.

ANS: C DIF: Straightforward REF: Theoretical Frameworks

TOP: Nice Minds Don’t Suppose Alike MSC: Factual

2.In comparison with casual theories, influential theories:

a.are typically described formally.

b.articulate a set of express premises.

c.make predictions that face up to a number of assessments.

d.all the above

ANS: D DIF: Straightforward REF: Influential Theories of Intimate Relationships

TOP: Influential Theories of Intimate Relationships MSC: Factual

3.Which of the next is NOT a elementary premise of the evolutionary perspective on intimate relationships?

a.People should reproduce to move their genes on to the subsequent era.

b.Survival throughout infancy requires a capability to keep up proximity to a major caregiver.

c.By way of pure choice, people advanced attribute methods of attracting and deciding on mates.

d.Options that contribute to profitable copy are handed down from era to era.

ANS: B DIF: Straightforward REF: The Evolutionary Perspective

TOP: Evolutionary Perspective MSC: Factual

4.A sort of adaptation referred to as “sexual choice” happens when a function has advanced as a result of it:

a.will increase an organism’s probabilities of efficiently reproducing.

b.will increase an organism’s probabilities for survival.

c.will increase an organism’s probabilities of discovering meals.

d.decreases an organism’s publicity to predators.

ANS: A DIF: Straightforward REF: The Evolutionary Perspective

TOP: Evolutionary Perspective: Adaptive features of human mating behaviors: Sexual choice

MSC: Factual

5.Peacocks have brilliantly coloured tail feathers. That is an instance of:

a.an adaptive drawback.

c.cross-species analysis.

b.sexual choice.

d.referencing.

ANS: B DIF: Medium REF: The Evolutionary Perspective

TOP: Evolutionary Perspective: Adaptive features of human mating behaviors: Sexual choice

MSC: Utilized

6.In line with evolutionary psychologists, the preferences, capacities, responses, and techniques that characterize our species are referred to as:

a.adaptive issues.

c.psychological mechanisms.

b.sexual choice.

d.diversifications.

ANS: C DIF: Straightforward REF: The Evolutionary Perspective

TOP: Evolutionary Perspective: Adaptive features of human mating behaviors: Psychological mechanisms MSC: Factual

7.Which of the next statements doesNOT specific a place in step with evolutionary views on intimate relationships?

a.Males have developed acutely aware and express preferences for fertility in potential sexual companions.

b.Advanced psychological mechanisms are conscious of cues within the setting.

c.Mate preferences advanced to adapt to not the present setting however, relatively, to the setting that people confronted hundreds of years in the past.

d.Preferences that enhance reproductive success must be handed down throughout generations, even when these preferences impede survival.

ANS: A DIF: Troublesome REF: The Evolutionary Perspective

TOP: Evolutionary Perspective: Adaptive features of human mating behaviors

MSC: Conceptual

8.In line with the idea of parental funding, women and men differ within the quantity of vitality and assets wherein they need to make investments to boost surviving offspring, with parental funding being larger for ladies than for males. Consequently, women and men have advanced totally different mate preferences. Which of the next is NOT in step with the idea of parental funding?

a.Li-ying all the time dates males who’re taller than she is.

b.Yasir has solely ever dated (and had sexual relations with) one girl, to whom he’s married.

c.Brett goes on dates with many ladies however stops seeing them if he finds out they aren’t virgins.

d.Tatiana doesn’t date male college students at her faculty; relatively, she solely dates males who’ve established careers.

ANS: B DIF: Medium REF: The Evolutionary Perspective

TOP: Evolutionary Perspective: Adaptive features of human mating behaviors: Principle of parental funding | Evolutionary Perspective: Adaptive features of human mating behaviors: Gender variations in mate preferences and sexual conduct MSC: Utilized

9.In line with the idea of parental funding, women and men differ within the quantity of vitality and assets wherein they need to make investments to boost surviving offspring, with parental funding being larger for ladies than for males. Consequently, women and men have advanced totally different mate preferences. Which of the next is most in step with the idea of parental funding?

a.Rachel principally solely dates males who’re shorter than she is.

b.Randip has solely ever had sexual relations with one girl, to whom he’s married.

c.Blair is courting a girl who has a 2-year-old daughter from a earlier relationship.

d.Tatiana doesn’t date male college students at her faculty; relatively, she solely dates males who’ve established careers.

ANS: D DIF: Medium REF: The Evolutionary Perspective

TOP: Evolutionary Perspective: Adaptive features of human mating behaviors: Principle of parental funding | Evolutionary Perspective: Adaptive features of human mating behaviors: Gender variations in mate preferences and sexual conduct MSC: Utilized

10.Which of the next is NOT an issue dealing with researchers taking an evolutionary perspective on intimate relationships?

a.narrowing the definition of psychological mechanism

b.figuring out whether or not a conduct is the product of an advanced psychological mechanism

c.figuring out the place to search for proof of advanced psychological mechanisms

d.conducting longitudinal research to search for proof of advanced psychological mechanisms

ANS: D DIF: Medium REF: The Evolutionary Perspective

TOP: Evolutionary Perspective: Strategy to analysis MSC: Factual

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