Exam 3

Popular wisdom is often contradictory, as with the following two sayings: 1)"opposites attract," 2) "birds of feather flock together." Research on the relationship between similarity and liking suggests that

#2 is more accurate; people tend to be more attracted to those who are similar to themselves

In Dutton and Aron's (1974) bridge study, how did the researchers assess the extent to which male participants were attracted to a female participant?

None of these

Which of the following is most accurate regarding the human need for affiliation?

People are motivated to maintain an optimum balance of time alone and social contact

Which of the following is consistent with the mere exposure effect?

The more we see someone, the greater the attraction

Your significant other had just been short-tempered and impatient with you. Your reaction is to think, "well s'he's had a very stressful week, so I'll just forget that it happened." Your reaction would be best described as an example of

a relationship-enhancing attribution

The finding that infants spend more time looking at attractive, as compared to unattractive, faces supports the hypothesis that

beauty is objective

In their relationship, Clyde is concerned with maintaining an equal ratio of rewards and costs, whereas Bonnie is concerned with being responsive to Clyde's needs. Clyde views their relationship as a _________ relationship, whereas Bonnie views it as a ____________ relationship.

exchange; communal

Bruno just finished working out at the gym. On his way to the locker room, he passes Charmaigne, a very pretty woman. Bruno feels his heart pounding and is convinced that he must be in love with Charmaigne. Bruno's feelings are best explained by

excitation transfer

According to evolutionary psychologists, tom would feel the most upset if his girlfriend Julie

had been sexually unfaithful to him

Samantha and David had no close friends outside of their marriage but instead relied on each other for everything. When the marriage failed, they were both extremely distressed, most likely as a result of their

interdependence

The idea that physical attractiveness is inherently subjective is supported by research demonstrating that

liking someone increases their perceived physical attractiveness

Research on the marital trajectory suggests that once a couple's children have grown up and left the home

marital satisfaction tends to increase

Baumeister and Leary (1996) suggest that humans have a fundamental drive to have positive and meaningful interpersonal relationships with others. They refer to this as the

need to belong

The idea that some faces are inherently more attractive than others is supported by research demonstrating that

people prefer averaged composite faces to individual faces

According to your textbook, the single best predictor of whether two people will get together is

physical proximity

According to your textbook, the single best predictor of whether two people will get together is

proximity

Participants in a study by O'Connor and Rosenblood (1996) indicated about every hour whether they were alone or with other and whether they wanted to be alone or with others. The results of this study revealed that

regardless of whether they wanted to be alone or with others, most of the time participants were in their desired social state.

Conchita has good relationships with her boyfriend and her parents. She is also able to form caring and supportive friendships. Conchita probably has a _____________ attachment style.

secure

Conchita has good relationships with her boyfriend and with her parents. She is also able to form caring and supportive friendships. Conchita probably has a ______________ attachment style.

secure

Though they had all been together on the transcontinental flight for three hours, the passengers didn't start to talk to one another until the plane ran into some serious turbulence. This behavior is best explained by the

tendency for external threat to increase affiliation

Someone who argues that attraction is simply a function of wanting to have healthy offspring probably endorses

the approach of evolutionary psychology

Furio believes that people desire and form relationships with others who are similar in terms of attitudes, values, physical attractiveness, and so on. Furio subscribes to

the matching hypothesis

Traci is used to people telling her how attractive she is. Research suggests that if she receives positive feedback on a paper she writes for class, she will be most likely to believe that the feedback is genuine and feel good about it if

the person who graded her has never seen her before

According to the evolutionary perspective, women prefer

wealthy men because wealth is the criterion they use to estimate their best chance for reproductive success

the belief that physically attractive individuals also possess desirable personality characteristics is called the

what-is-beautiful-is-good stereotype