Exam 21: Social Influence and Attraction

Resis et al, (2011) found evidence to suggest that

This kind of influence on conformity is based on a rational desire to seek realistic information about some situation from the group and adjust behaviour accordingly.

All of the following are tendencies of feminine faces, EXCEPT:

Impression construction and self-presentation have changed dramatically with the advent of computer-mediated communication (CMC). Discuss the ways in which CMC has affected our social lives.

Studies of computer-mediated communication (CMC) conducted in the 2000s revealed that CMC has a positive effect on personal relationships if

People often attempt to create an impression that is consistent with the person they perceive themselves to be, but not the person that they "really are."

Cross-cultural studies of physical attractiveness illustrate that all of the following aspects of attractiveness vary according to culture, EXCEPT:

Discuss different approaches to love and relationship formation. In your answer make reference to the psychometric model of love and triangular model of love.

Feminine faces tend to have larger eyes (relative to face size), less developed brows, the appearance of high cheekbones, shorter and less pronounced chins that appear more fragile or graceful, and fuller lips.

Although attractiveness decreases in women's faces as they age, men are perceived to lose facial attractiveness with age much more rapidly.

In a partial replication of Milgram's procedure, Burger (2009) found that

Which of the following is NOT a component of love identified by Thurstone (1938)

Leary and Kowalski (1990) describe impression management as consisting of these two processes:

Researchers have found that people come to appreciate almost anything the more times they are exposed to it, be it letters, shapes, syllables, melodies, faces-or people.

This explanation of obedience in Milgram's work is based on the central idea is that participants obeyed the experimenter because they identified with them as part of a high- status pro-research group

According to Sternberg (1986) love can be viewed as having three dimensions; intimacy, _________and ______.

Our _ is the portion of our personal identity that comes from our beliefs about belonging to social groups and categories

As in the case of the Asch experiments, people are sometimes motivated to conform to avoid embarrassment or obtain approval from the group. This is called

According to evolutionary psychologists, a large degree of facial symmetry may be evidence that

According to Leary and Kowalski, once we are motivated to obtain a desired goal, increase self-esteem, or alter our public identity we have to