Exam 10: Interpersonal Attraction: From First Impressions to Close Relationships

When researchers reviewed the literature on standards of beauty across cultures, they found that the attractiveness ratings among participants of all different races and ethnicities ranged from .66 to .93. These relatively large positive correlations suggest that

Evolutionarily speaking, one reason that people prefer the familiar over that which is unfamiliar is that

Which of the following (actual) research findings represents the most serious challenge to evolutionary explanations of love and attraction?

In their relationship, Marc and Nora both perceive that Marc has been paying more than his fair share of costs and that Nora is receiving more than her fair share of benefits. According to equity theory,

Recall that Perrett et al. (1994) created two kinds of composite faces, an "average attractive" composite and a "highly attractive" composite, using photographs of Caucasian and Japanese men and women. They then asked participants in Great Britain and Japan to rate these faces. They found all of the following except that

Consider the following quote from Hatfield and Rapson (1993): Does "dinner at an expensive restaurant on Monday balance out three nights of neglect due to a heavy workload"? In other words,

Miguel is performing a dance routine his sister taught him and looks great! However, it's the only dance he knows, and he is really clumsy and especially bad at dancing spontaneously. Who is likely the most attracted to Miguel?

Dave has recently taken Jennifer out for a wonderful, elaborate birthday date, which involved all of Jennifer's favorite activities and an expensive gift. However, when Dave's birthday came a week later, Jennifer gave him some flowers and told him that she had too much work to do, so they could not go out anywhere. Remembering the birthday he had given Jennifer a week earlier, Dave was very upset. Jennifer could not understand his anger and told him that she had thought that the gift he had given her was because he loved her, not because he thought he would get a gift later. Dave considers the relationship to be based on ________ and Jennifer considers the relationship to be ________.

You are strongly attracted to Mario, and you very much want him to like you, too, but you're afraid that if you open your mouth, he won't like you. If you're too nervous to interact with Mario, you can take advantage of the mere exposure effect and

Femlee (1995) asked 300 college students to reflect on the last relationship they had ended, to list the things that first attracted them to their former partners, and to list the things that they disliked most about their partners around the time of the breakup. If Michelle is like some of Femlee's participants who experienced a "fatal attraction," she will probably say,

Consider the following piece of folk wisdom: "Opposites attract." The social-psychological concept of ________ is most closely related to this truism.

Physical attractiveness can play an important role in attraction. Describe the facial features make someone more physically attractive, and how these vary (or are consistent) across cultures.

Research from a 37-country study indicates that all of the following are true except that

When people are asked to rate the attractiveness of faces, the faces that they most prefer

Advocates of which of the following approaches believe that men and women have different agendas in their relationships with each other?

In their relationship, Mark is concerned with maintaining an equal ratio of rewards and costs, whereas Jenn is concerned with being responsive to Mark's needs. Mark views the relationship as a(n) ________ relationship and Jenn views it as a(n) ________ relationship.

Results of a study by Jankowiak and Fischer (1992) examining love across 166 cultures shows that cultures in ________ tend to have the greatest percentage of cultures with passionate love.

Brian has had many girlfriends in his life, mostly because he feels unable to comfortably commit to any one person. As soon as a relationship begins to get serious, he feels trapped and puts up barriers to his partner. His girlfriends always want him to make a bigger commitment than he is comfortable making. Brian's attachment style is best described as

Cross-cultural research indicates that Chinese couples value ________ more, and American couples value ________ more.

Ellen is not concerned about the possibility of Alex abandoning her and believes that she is worthy and well liked. Alex, however, is anxious, and is concerned that Ellen will not reciprocate his desires for intimacy. According to this scenario, Ellen has a(n) ________ attachment style and Alex has a(n) ________ attachment style.