Michelle has been dating Josh for almost five years. Recently, she feels ambiguous about their relationship as it has become somewhat bland. However, he was her best friend even before they started dating, and they share the same friends. Josh and Michelle also live together, which helps financially. Which kind of commitment seems to be keeping them together from Michelle’s perspective?

From an equity theory perspective, who should be distressed? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

Kiera prefers to be friends with her partner before starting a romantic relationship because she wants real commitment. Which style of loving does she appear to endorse?

If Saadia makes 5-course meals every night, the risk is her roommates’ 

It has been found that when researchers continually replace an old partner with a new one, 2-3 times as many ejaculations can be elicited from a male subject due to novelty (Dewsbury, 1981). What effect do we call this?

Amelia has always had a big crush on her classroom friend Dan. They recently have been talking more in class and been getting to know each. The winter ball is in 2 weeks, and Amelia is hoping that Dan will ask her. Unfortunately, Dan ended up asking Bridget to the ball. What kind of love is Amelia experiencing?

 ___ love has high levels of all three components of Triangular Love Theory but is difficult to maintain over time. 

We can find people who are different from us appealing, but this is often temporary and erodes with time. This can affect the longevity of a relationship in the long term. This describes ____, and is one of the 3 reasons why, according to Walster & Walster (1978), we may expect romantic love to decline over time.

Maggie and Caroline are a couple and can be described as very possessive over one another. Their friends say they are obsessed with their relationship and constantly need to be together. Which style of loving does this relationship most align with?

Strong positive arousal influences our feelings of romantic love, but strong negative arousal (e.g., fear, anger, grief) does not appear to affect passion or attraction in any predictable direction.