Question 1

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

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A)  complementarity. 
B)  matching levels of physical attractiveness. 
C)  physical proximity. 
D)  similarity. 
A)  complementarity. 
B)  matching levels of physical attractiveness. 
C)  physical proximity. 
D)  similarity.

Question 2

All of the following have been demonstrated in research on physical attractiveness except

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A)  attractive students were able to solicit more signatures on a petition than unattractive students. 
B)  unattractive defendants received larger court fines than attractive defendants. 
C)  teachers expect attractive children to be smarter and achieve more than unattractive children. 
D)  attractive employees earn approximately the same salaries as unattractive employees. 
A)  attractive students were able to solicit more signatures on a petition than unattractive students. 
B)  unattractive defendants received larger court fines than attractive defendants. 
C)  teachers expect attractive children to be smarter and achieve more than unattractive children. 
D)  attractive employees earn approximately the same salaries as unattractive employees.

Question 3

When a man spends money on expensive cars, fancy restaurant dinners, and stylish clothes, it may be an evolved sexually selected mating signal known as

Accepted Answer

A)  conspicuous consumption. 
B)  excitation transfer. 
C)  complementarity hypothesis. 
D)  reciprocity. 
A)  conspicuous consumption. 
B)  excitation transfer. 
C)  complementarity hypothesis. 
D)  reciprocity.

Question 4

In Sternberg's triangular theory of love, _____ is the emotional component and _____ is the cognitive component.

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A)  intimacy; commitment 
B)  passion; intimacy 
C)  commitment; intimacy 
D)  passion; commitment 
A)  intimacy; commitment 
B)  passion; intimacy 
C)  commitment; intimacy 
D)  passion; commitment

Question 5

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

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A)  The more new dating partners talk to each other, the more they realize how different they are. 
B)  Someone just grows on you after a while. 
C)  A couple falls in love at first sight. 
D)  The old saying, "Birds of a feather flock together." 
A)  The more new dating partners talk to each other, the more they realize how different they are. 
B)  Someone just grows on you after a while. 
C)  A couple falls in love at first sight. 
D)  The old saying, "Birds of a feather flock together."

Question 6

Roshumba is conducting a study of married couples.She interviews a number of couples about how their relationships developed.It is likely that she will find that

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A)  all relationships developed through a fixed sequence of stages. 
B)  there is considerable variability in how the couples' relationships developed. 
C)  the couples generally went through the value stage before the role stage. 
D)  relationship rewards were unrelated to couples' feelings of being in love. 
A)  all relationships developed through a fixed sequence of stages. 
B)  there is considerable variability in how the couples' relationships developed. 
C)  the couples generally went through the value stage before the role stage. 
D)  relationship rewards were unrelated to couples' feelings of being in love.

Question 7

Juanita wants her date to perceive her as very sexually attractive.What color dress should she wear to her sorority formal to promote this perception?

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A)  White 
B)  Red 
C)  Black 
D)  Gold 
A)  White 
B)  Red 
C)  Black 
D)  Gold

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A)  dissimilarity produces interpersonal repulsion. 
B)  opposites attract. 
C)  similarity in physical appearance is the only form of similarity that affects attraction. 
D)  the evidence for the role of complementarity processes is much stronger. 
A)  dissimilarity produces interpersonal repulsion. 
B)  opposites attract. 
C)  similarity in physical appearance is the only form of similarity that affects attraction. 
D)  the evidence for the role of complementarity processes is much stronger.

Question 9

Derek is informed that as part of his fraternity initiation he must sing the school fight song as loudly as he can while standing on the roof of the fraternity house in his underwear.He is then given the choice to await his turn alone or with the girls from the neighboring sorority.Which of the following is most likely?

Accepted Answer

A)  Derek will choose to wait alone in order to achieve cognitive clarity. 
B)  Derek will choose to wait alone as waiting with the sorority members will likely increase his stress. 
C)  Derek will choose to wait with the sorority members in order to reduce his level of stress. 
D)  Derek will choose to wait with the sorority members because they will be able to offer him a different perspective. 
A)  Derek will choose to wait alone in order to achieve cognitive clarity. 
B)  Derek will choose to wait alone as waiting with the sorority members will likely increase his stress. 
C)  Derek will choose to wait with the sorority members in order to reduce his level of stress. 
D)  Derek will choose to wait with the sorority members because they will be able to offer him a different perspective.

Question 10

According to the evolutionary perspective, women prefer

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A)  wealthy men because wealth is the criterion they use to estimate their best chances for reproductive success. 
B)  physically attractive men because of the social benefits that come from being associated with such men. 
C)  wealthy men because wealth gives them the freedom to pursue the lifestyle they have been socialized to desire. 
D)  men who play hard to get because such men bring about psychological reactance, which can lead to the misattribution of arousal. 
A)  wealthy men because wealth is the criterion they use to estimate their best chances for reproductive success. 
B)  physically attractive men because of the social benefits that come from being associated with such men. 
C)  wealthy men because wealth gives them the freedom to pursue the lifestyle they have been socialized to desire. 
D)  men who play hard to get because such men bring about psychological reactance, which can lead to the misattribution of arousal.

Question 11

Considering the love taxonomies of Lee, Sternberg, and Hatfield, which of the following classifications all seem to reflect a similar type of love?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lee's storge, Sternberg's intimacy, and Hatfield's passionate love 
B)  Lee's eros, Sternberg's passion, and Hatfield's companionate love 
C)  Lee's ludus, Sternberg's commitment, and Hatfield's companionate love 
D)  Lee's storge, Sternberg's intimacy, and Hatfield's companionate love 
A)  Lee's storge, Sternberg's intimacy, and Hatfield's passionate love 
B)  Lee's eros, Sternberg's passion, and Hatfield's companionate love 
C)  Lee's ludus, Sternberg's commitment, and Hatfield's companionate love 
D)  Lee's storge, Sternberg's intimacy, and Hatfield's companionate love

Question 12

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(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  anxious/ambivalent attachment style. 
B)  multiple attachment style. 
C)  secure attachment style. 
D)  avoidant attachment style. 
A)  anxious/ambivalent attachment style. 
B)  multiple attachment style. 
C)  secure attachment style. 
D)  avoidant attachment style.

Question 13

Joshua is attracted to Daniel because of his warm eyes and great smile.Daniel is attracted to Joshua because of his muscular body.Joshua and Daniel are in Murstein's

Accepted Answer

A)  stimulus stage. 
B)  value stage. 
C)  role stage. 
D)  norm stage. 
A)  stimulus stage. 
B)  value stage. 
C)  role stage. 
D)  norm stage.

Question 14

According to social exchange theory, an outcome from a relationship will produce satisfaction if it falls above a person's

Accepted Answer

A)  self-disclosure level. 
B)  level of similarity to the partner. 
C)  intimacy level. 
D)  comparison level. 
A)  self-disclosure level. 
B)  level of similarity to the partner. 
C)  intimacy level. 
D)  comparison level.

Question 15

When Kulik 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

Accepted Answer

A)  with someone who had already done the task. 
B)  with someone who was about to complete the task. 
C)  with someone who did not have to do the task. 
D)  alone. 
A)  with someone who had already done the task. 
B)  with someone who was about to complete the task. 
C)  with someone who did not have to do the task. 
D)  alone.

Question 16

Which of the following best reflects the benefits and cost of being attractive?

Accepted Answer

A)  While attractiveness often brings a social advantage to attractive individuals, it can cause them to doubt the sincerity of others' praise for their work. 
B)  While attractiveness often brings heightened self-esteem to attractive individuals, it can lead them to doubt others' praise of their attractiveness. 
C)  While attractiveness often brings greater popularity to attractive individuals, it can increase mental health difficulties. 
D)  While attractiveness often brings lifetime happiness to attractive individuals, it can put pressure on them to maintain their appearance. 
A)  While attractiveness often brings a social advantage to attractive individuals, it can cause them to doubt the sincerity of others' praise for their work. 
B)  While attractiveness often brings heightened self-esteem to attractive individuals, it can lead them to doubt others' praise of their attractiveness. 
C)  While attractiveness often brings greater popularity to attractive individuals, it can increase mental health difficulties. 
D)  While attractiveness often brings lifetime happiness to attractive individuals, it can put pressure on them to maintain their appearance.

Question 17

In India and China, love is

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A)  essential for marriage. 
B)  emphasized more among females than males. 
C)  not a sufficient basis for marriage. 
D)  viewed in more dispositional terms than it is in America. 
A)  essential for marriage. 
B)  emphasized more among females than males. 
C)  not a sufficient basis for marriage. 
D)  viewed in more dispositional terms than it is in America.

Question 18

Which of the following best describes existing gender differences with respect to Lee's (1988)styles of love?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men and women score about the same on storge and mania styles of love. 
B)  Women tend to score higher on ludus love, but men score higher on eros love. 
C)  Men tend to score higher on eros love, but women score higher on agape love. 
D)  Men tend to score higher on ludus love, but women score higher on pragma love. 
A)  Men and women score about the same on storge and mania styles of love. 
B)  Women tend to score higher on ludus love, but men score higher on eros love. 
C)  Men tend to score higher on eros love, but women score higher on agape love. 
D)  Men tend to score higher on ludus love, but women score higher on pragma love.

Question 19

Newcomb's (1961)classic study on attraction in which he set up an experimental college dormitory revealed that

Accepted Answer

A)  students' friendships with members of the opposite sex tended to turn into romantic relationships. 
B)  students who had similar backgrounds tended to like each other. 
C)  students who held dissimilar attitudes were more likely to form romantic relationships. 
D)  friendships were more likely than romantic relationships to be based on proximity. 
A)  students' friendships with members of the opposite sex tended to turn into romantic relationships. 
B)  students who had similar backgrounds tended to like each other. 
C)  students who held dissimilar attitudes were more likely to form romantic relationships. 
D)  friendships were more likely than romantic relationships to be based on proximity.

Question 20

Which person is most likely to suffer from an eating disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  Saul, who is a 15-year-old male 
B)  Shanti, who is an 18-year-old female 
C)  Liesel, who is a 30-year-old female 
D)  Vanna, who is a 40-year-old female 
A)  Saul, who is a 15-year-old male 
B)  Shanti, who is an 18-year-old female 
C)  Liesel, who is a 30-year-old female 
D)  Vanna, who is a 40-year-old female

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

All of the following have been demonstrated in research on physical attractiveness except

When a man spends money on expensive cars, fancy restaurant dinners, and stylish clothes, it may be an evolved sexually selected mating signal known as

In Sternberg's triangular theory of love, _ is the emotional component and _ is the cognitive component.

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

Roshumba is conducting a study of married couples.She interviews a number of couples about how their relationships developed.It is likely that she will find that

Juanita wants her date to perceive her as very sexually attractive.What color dress should she wear to her sorority formal to promote this perception?

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

According to the evolutionary perspective, women prefer

Considering the love taxonomies of Lee, Sternberg, and Hatfield, which of the following classifications all seem to reflect a similar type of love?

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(n)

Joshua is attracted to Daniel because of his warm eyes and great smile.Daniel is attracted to Joshua because of his muscular body.Joshua and Daniel are in Murstein's

According to social exchange theory, an outcome from a relationship will produce satisfaction if it falls above a person's

When Kulik 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

Which of the following best reflects the benefits and cost of being attractive?

In India and China, love is

Which of the following best describes existing gender differences with respect to Lee's (1988)styles of love?

Newcomb's (1961)classic study on attraction in which he set up an experimental college dormitory revealed that

Which person is most likely to suffer from an eating disorder?

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Doing Social Psychology Research

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Exam 9: Attraction and Close Relationships

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

All of the following have been demonstrated in research on physical attractiveness except

When a man spends money on expensive cars, fancy restaurant dinners, and stylish clothes, it may be an evolved sexually selected mating signal known as

In Sternberg's triangular theory of love, _____ is the emotional component and _____ is the cognitive component.

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

Roshumba is conducting a study of married couples.She interviews a number of couples about how their relationships developed.It is likely that she will find that

Juanita wants her date to perceive her as very sexually attractive.What color dress should she wear to her sorority formal to promote this perception?

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

According to the evolutionary perspective, women prefer

Considering the love taxonomies of Lee, Sternberg, and Hatfield, which of the following classifications all seem to reflect a similar type of love?

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(n)

Joshua is attracted to Daniel because of his warm eyes and great smile.Daniel is attracted to Joshua because of his muscular body.Joshua and Daniel are in Murstein's

According to social exchange theory, an outcome from a relationship will produce satisfaction if it falls above a person's

When Kulik 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

Which of the following best reflects the benefits and cost of being attractive?

In India and China, love is

Which of the following best describes existing gender differences with respect to Lee's (1988)styles of love?

Newcomb's (1961)classic study on attraction in which he set up an experimental college dormitory revealed that

Which person is most likely to suffer from an eating disorder?

What is Social Psychology

Doing Social Psychology Research

The Social Self

Perceiving Persons

Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Attitudes

Conformity

Group Processes

Helping Others

Aggression

Law

Business

Health and Well being

Filters

In Sternberg's triangular theory of love, _ is the emotional component and _ is the cognitive component.