Name and describe the three building blocks of Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love.
What will be an ideal response?
Intimacy: The experience of warmth toward another person that arises from feelings of closeness and connectedness, and the desire to share one's innermost thoughts.
Passion: Intense romantic or sexual desire, accompanied by physiological arousal.
Commitment: Commitment to maintain the relationship through good times and bad.
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A. barbiturate B. hallucinogen. C. steroid. D. amphetamine.
Which stimulus should be MOST easily learned as a specific phobia?
a. gun b. car c. rotten fruit d. small spider
Personal norms are different from social norms in that personal norms
A) are less likely to influence helping. B) have a strong genetic basis, but social norms do not. C) rarely change, whereas social norms change rapidly. D) reflect internal standards for behavior, whereas social norms reflect moral rules of a culture.
Prior to Taylor and Brown's (1988) important article, it had always been assumed that ________ is a cornerstone of good mental health
A) being realistic B) being open and communicative with others C) a high sense of self-worth D) feeling fully in control E) a supportive family of origin