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:

An “illusory belief” is defined as:

According to Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love, intimacy is the _____ component that reflects feelings of warmth, closeness, connection, and bondedness in the love relationship.

Lucia is attracted to her new boyfriend but she is still not sure whether she should have sex with him, though he clearly wants her to. Which of the following reasons might explain her uncertainty?