Social Psychology - Quiz 9
Consider Buss's (1989) study in which he examined what people from 37 different cultures around the world prefer in a romantic partner. Which statement about the results of this study is accurate?
In most countries, men rated physical attractiveness to be more important than women did, while women rated good financial prospects as more important than men did.
Jack and Diane have been dating and living together for two years. Jack always puts Diane's needs before his own, is very supportive of Diane, and devotes a great deal of time and energy to the relationship. Diane, on the other hand, focuses on her own needs and problems and does not exert a great deal of effort when it comes to the relationship. According to equity theorists,
Jack should feel under benefited and upset about the nature of the relationship, and Diane should feel over benefited and guilty.
Which of the following best describes existing gender differences with respect to Lee's (1988) styles of love?
Men tend to score higher on lupus love, but women score higher on pragme love.
Lionel is in his first semester of college and is feeling quite lonely. If he is like most other college students, which strategy is he least likely to use to cope with his loneliness?
Seeing out a psychotherapist to work on his own social skills.
Which statement is consistent with the mere exposure effect?
Someone you see regularly just grows on you after a while.
Which of the following conclusions is not supported by data?
Women do not engage in casual sex without emotional commitment.
Who is more likely to value physical attractiveness in a potential male partner?
a woman who is fantastically wealthy
According to Reis and colleagues (2011), familiarity breeds
attraction.
Terrence has a network of close social ties. In comparison to individuals lacking such a network, research suggests that he will
be less likely to die a premature death.
Rofé (1984) argued that stress increases the desire to affiliate only when
being with others has the potential to reduce the negative impact of the situation.
Research on students' teaching ratings on the website www.ratemyprofessor.com Links to an external site. indicate that
both male and female professors who are rated as "hot" are also given high teaching ratings.
Rosenbaum (1986) argues that social psychologists overestimate the role of attitudinal similarity in attraction, and suggests that it is not that similarity creates attraction but that
dissimilarity produces interpersonal repulsion.
Using MRI techniques, researchers have observed that, when they are exposed to pictures of strangers, shy people exhibit
greater activity in the amygdale than those who are bold.
In Sternberg's triangular theory of love, ____ is the emotional component and ____ is the cognitive component.
intimacy; commitment
The idea that physical attractiveness is inherently subjective is supported by research demonstrating that
liking someone increases that person's perceived physical attractiveness.
An argument against the evolutionary approach to mate selection from Buss's original cross-cultural study was that
men and women actually are quite similar in the characteristics they desire in a mate.
Aimee attends a large lecture section of Introductory Psychology every Tuesday and Thursday throughout her first semester at college. According to the mere exposure effect, Aimee should
more positively evaluate the face of the guy who sat in front of her in class all semester than the face of a stranger.
Proximity refers to
physical nearness.
Which of the following would create the strongest bond between two North American male friends?
playing basketball together
Juanita wants her date, a man she finds very sexually attractive, to perceive her as very sexually attractive. What color dress should she wear to her sorority formal to promote this perception?
red
Eileen says she loves Jesse, even though they met very recently and both of them are still dating other people. When her best friend asks her what she means by "love," Eileen says, "I feel like even though we just met, I could tell him anything in the world. And he's so sexy—I get butterflies just thinking about him." According to the triangular theory of love, Eileen's feelings towards Jesse would best be labeled
romantic love.
Which of the following is not one of the four types of similarity most relevant to predicting interpersonal attraction?
similarity in eye and hair color
Newcomb's (1961) classic study on attraction in which he set up an experimental college dormitory revealed that
students who had similar backgrounds tended to like each other.
Someone who argues that attraction is simply a function of wanting to have healthy offspring probably endorses
the approach of evolutionary psychology.
Research concerning the marital trajectory demonstrates that
the greater number of anew experiences that married couples share, the greater their satisfaction.
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 the paper has never seen her before.
Matthew is considering going on a blind date. According to the evolutionary perspective, he will be most concerned with
the physical attractiveness of his date.
Which of the following people sounds most like he has an anxious attachment style?
Keyshawn very much wants to be close to his partner, but fears that his affections won't be returned.
Dutton and Arno (1974) examined the effects of arousal on attraction by conducting a study in which a female approached and asked survey questions of men on a rickety suspension bridge. Which scenario is most analogous to the results of this study?
Ten minutes after you've begun a strenuous workout, the person next to you strikes up a conversation, and you immediately feel attracted to him/her.
Lucinda is a very giving woman. In her relationship with her girlfriend, she tends to sacrifice her own needs and desires, giving altruistically so that her girlfriend will be happy. What kind of love would Lee (1988) classify this as?
agape
Ben goes out of his way to help Jennifer whenever he can. However, Jennifer has been busy lately and unable to reciprocate. Ben doesn't seem upset because he knows she is sensitive to his needs overall. Which of the following best describes their relationship?
communal relationship
Herman and Flora have been married for 40 years. They still have a strong relationship and say they are each other's best friends. Their relationship seems to be an example of ____ love.
companionate
The average, general outcome that an individual expects in a relationship is called the ____ level.
comparison
Although she cheats on him, Abdul stays with his girlfriend because he doesn't think he would be able to find anyone better. Abdul has a(n)
low comparison level for alternatives.
When Kulak and others (1994) gave people who were about to soak their hand in ice water a choice about who to wait with prior to the painful task, they found that the participants preferred to wait
with someone who had already done the task.
