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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?

Relationship scientists have found a strong positive correlation between self-disclosure and:

“I think I’d like to move to a place where I could have many wives.” The man who made this statement prefers which marriage system?

The tendency for men and women to marry spouses who resemble them on demographic, personality, and attitudinal variables is called:

Research conducted by Surra (e.g., 1985) reveals that couples on a(n) _____ courtship trajectory move smoothly and rapidly to marriage, and spend relatively little time dating before becoming engaged.