“Informed consent” means that the researcher must tell participants about:

Which of the following statements about empathic accuracy is true?

In developing their hypotheses and research questions, researchers may draw on which of the following sources for inspiration?

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?