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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Paul Wright noted that men tend to engage each other face to face, whereas women usually interact side by side.
a. True
b. False
2. Both men and women report receiving more emotional support from women than from men friends.
a. True
b. False
3. Online friendships are more likely to be satisfying to men when they include high levels of self-disclosure.
a. True
b. False
4. Researchers claim that a masculine style of building and maintaining relationships is inadequate.
a. True
b. False
5. Gay men generally engage in more emotional and intimate talk than straight men but less than women of any sexual
orientation.
a. True
b. False
6. Research demonstrates that people often choose friends who are similar to themselves in terms of age, gender, race,
sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status.
a. True
b. False
7. Men still perform less domestic labor than women, and this is particularly true if couples become parents.
a. True
b. False
8. Research indicates that men tend to fall in love faster and harder than women, profess love earlier, and report greater
happiness than women when receiving a declaration of love.
a. True
b. False
9. Men who have sex with a lot of partners tend to be judged more harshly than women who do the same.
a. True
b. False
10. Typically, men do not value friendships as much as women.
a. True
b. False
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11. In heterosexual couples in which the woman earns substantially more than the man, usually the man performs the
majority of household labor.
a. True
b. False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
12. Which of the following tends to be true about lesbian relationships?
a. One partner tends to be expected to be the breadwinner.
b. They tend to be based on tangible investments such as money and possessions.
c. They tend to be bound by traditional gender roles.
d. The partners involved tend to have the most equality of all types of relationships.
13. Why are men assumed by some approaches to personal relationships to be deficient at developing and sustaining
personal relationships?
a. Men have been proven empirically to be bad at relationships.
b. Women have been proven empirically to be the best at relationships.
c. Many studies of men's relationships use the "feminine ruler" of talk as the basis of close relationships to judge
men's relationships.
d. All of these choices are correct.
14. Gender differences are apparent in the ways people manage conflict. Feminine people, in general, tend to respond to
conflict by:
a. defering or compromising to reduce tension.
b. issuing ultimatums.
c. refusing to listen or discuss an issue.
d. asserting that the partner is blowing things out of proportion.
15. Lesbian relationships tend to be ____.
a. nonmonogamous
b. low in disclosure and support
c. egalitarian in distributing responsibilities for maintaining the relationship
d. primarily based on doing things rather than talking
16. How do masculine people, often men, who are friends tend to build closeness?
a. Share activities
b. Talk about their friendship
c. Engage in personal disclosure
d. Engage in small talk
17. Which of the following is true about romantic relationships?
a. Women tend to fall in love faster and harder than men.
b. Women perceive of love in terms of taking trips to romantic places, spontaneously making love, and surprising
their partners.
c. In romantic relationships between women and men, attitudes toward sexual activity have undergone profound
changes over the last several decades.
d. Women are more likely than men to focus on relationship dynamics.
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18. Emily feels that she and her partner Luke spend too much time together, and she wants more time for her individual
interests and activities. Luke feels that they should spend most of their time with each other. The tension between them
reflects ____.
a. tension over autonomy and connection
b. tension over bonding rituals
c. differences between desires for doing and talking
d. differences between desires for expression and instrumentality
19. Which of the following are features of feminine (often female) friendships.
a. They often contain covert intimacy.
b. Doing activities together is the primary way to build closeness.
c. The friends do things for each other to show that they care.
d. None of these choices are correct.
20. Kaitlin and her partner Adam have spent a lot of time fighting and avoiding each other recently. Kaitlin is upset about
the situation and wants to fix the problem. Adam doesn't seem to have noticed that anything is wrong. Kaitlin takes it
upon herself to start a conversation with Adam about their issues. This reflects Kaitlin and Adam's:
a. tension between autonomy and connection.
b. differing ways of showing affection.
c. gendered responsibility for relational health.
d. gendered power dynamics.
21. Working women in heterosexual relationships typically engage in the majority of home and family care taking duties,
which are frequently routine, repetitive, and constrained by deadlines. The statement that best defines this is ____.
a. psychological responsibility
b. wonder woman syndrome
c. soccer mom
d. second-shift job
22. Which of the following is true about non-romantic friendships between men and women?
a. For many women, a primary benefit of friendships with men is that they are emotionally closer than their
friendships with women.
b. For many men, a primary benefit of friendships with women is that they are lighter and more fun than their
friendships with men.
c. In friendships between women and men, men typically talk more and get more attention than they offer.
d. Non-romantic friendships between women and men have the advantage of being free from sexual tension.
Instructions: Identify the following:
23. Second shift
24. Feminine ruler
25. Male deficit model
26. Alternative paths model
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27. The Mommy Myth
28. Personal relationships
Instructions: Identify the following:
29. Psychological responsibility
30. Demand withdraw
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Answer Key
1. False
2. True
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