Relationship scientists distinguish between subjective closeness and behavioral closeness. Define both of these constructs, and discuss differences in how each is measured. Is it possible to have one but not the other type of closeness in a particular relationship? Give an example to illustrate your answer.  

One disadvantage of experimental designs is:

Sam finds that the more time dating partners spend together, the more liking they report feeling for each other. The correlation between time spent together and liking is:

Sexual initiation attempts are usually communicated _____, whereas sexual refusals are usually conveyed _____.

The influential linguist Noam Chomsky (e.g., 1965) proposes that newborns enter the world with some pre-existing knowledge about language structure. This set of basic grammatical principles is called:

Which of the following conclusions can we draw from research on social integration and health outcomes?

In a study described in the textbook (Dakof & Taylor, 1990), cancer patients identified the most supportive things that their friends, family members, and spouses had said or done to help them with their illness. The majority of the helpful acts mentioned by the patients reflected what type of support?

Mark conducts a correlational study on marital satisfaction. He measures how long a group of couples have been married and also how much marital satisfaction they report. He discovers that couples who have been married longer report less satisfaction with their marriages than couples who have been married for shorter lengths of time. Which of the following conclusions can Mark draw?

“True love can overcome any obstacle.” This statement reflects a(n):

A sexually exclusive relationship is one in which: