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Higher levels of conflict are associated with the tendency to view a partner’s negative behavior as:

The concept “field of availables” refers to:

One of the first studies to document the impact of physical attractiveness on interpersonal attraction was the “computer dance” study conducted by Hatfield and colleagues (1966). What did the researchers find?

A relationship in which the ratio of one partner’s benefits to investments is not equal to the ratio of the other partner’s benefits to investments, would be called:

Which of the following are the two major principles of selective attention?

Many potential relationships never even have the chance to develop; the two potential partners simply wait for the other to “make the first move,” and the relationship never begins. Research suggests that this may happen because people tend to attribute their own inaction to _____ and the other person’s inaction to _____.

A relationship in which the ration of one partner’s benefits to investments is not equal to the ratio of the other partner’s benefits to investments, would be called:

Altman and Taylor’s (1973) Social Penetration Theory predicts that as relationships develop, they change in which two dimensions?

Which of the following societal beliefs hindered the development of relationship science?

Of the following people, who is likely to do the most housework?