Exam 11: Attraction and Exclusion

According to the text, the tendency for people to be attracted to others who are similar to them is probably ____; the value that people place on diversity and difference is probably ____.

Failure to satisfy the need to belong is associated with ____.

Social psychologists define the need to belong as the desire to ____.

Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding gender differences in the experience of unrequited love and stalking?

In a well-known study conducted in the 1950s, social psychologist Leon Festinger and colleagues analyzed the friendship patterns among graduate students living in one of the dormitories at MIT. Festinger et al.'s results were most consistent with the ____.

Wolfgang is engaging in an act of ingratiation. What does this mean exactly?

According to social psychological research, which of the following adages is truer, "opposites attract" or "birds of a feather flock together"?

The situation in which Person X loves Person Y, but Person Y does not love Person X, is known as ____________________ love.

Social psychological research suggests that, when a person goes out on a date, the best predictor of that person's enjoyment of the date is ____.

Research on loneliness indicates that, compared to people who are not lonely, those who are lonely tend to be ____ intelligent and ____ attractive.

Compared to other men, men with low levels of the hormone ____________________ tend to be kinder, gentler, and more affectionate in relationships.

Take the issue of stealing. The point of view of society as a whole is that if some people get away with stealing, then others may be tempted to steal also, and chaos can result. What concept does this best illustrate?

When a person is ostracized by a parent or spouse over a long period of time, it is ____.

Social exclusion is the opposite of attraction.

Lyndsay likes Matt a lot. Matt thinking Lindsay is okay, but does not like her as much as she likes him. What is Matt most likely feel with regard to Lyndsay after a while?

In 2012, the Association for Psychological Science appointed a blue-ribbon panel of experts to review the latest research and draw some conclusions about online dating. Which of the following statements is NOT supported by their study?

The sting of unrequited love may lead rejected people to ____, or harass, their rejecters.

Research suggests that a small percentage of people (about 5-10%) are by nature loners-and indifferent to social contact.

Testosterone levels in men peak around the age of 20 and thereafter decline.

Petra finds out that her classmate, Julie, thinks that she is really cool. This makes Petra like Julie more than she did before. What does research suggest about this kind of "reciprocity of liking?"