Exam 11: Attraction and Exclusion

People who experience social rejection tend to eat more unhealthy foods-ice cream, cookies, and French fries-compared to those that don't. Research suggests that this is mainly because social rejection triggers ____.

What are the main reasons that people are socially rejected by others, what are the initial consequences of rejection, and what are the long-term consequences of rejection?

When researchers take a picture of someone, split the image in half, throw out one of the halves at random and fill in that space with the mirror image of the remaining half, this is called ____.

Compared to men with ____, men with ____ tend to be kinder, gentler, and more affectionate in relationships.

Based on the Social Side of Sex feature in your text, which of the following research methods has NOT been used to study the reasons why someone is rated as "beautiful"?

IQ test performance drops substantially among people who experience social rejection.

Most married couples are ____.

According to ____________________ theory, we are more likely to engage in behaviors that have been rewarded in the past than in other behaviors.

Giving praise to another person you want to like you is ____.

According to the "____________________" effect, people tend to assume that physically attractive people are superior to others in terms of a wide range of factors-intelligence, popularity, sexual warmth, etc.

For most people, having a few close friends is ____ and having lots of casual friends is ____.

Social rejection has been linked with ____.

Which of the following is the least likely reason for why a child might be rejected by his or her peers?

Which of the following is the most accurate explanation of the relationship between social rejection and aggression?

Suppose that Roger is married and that he and his wife have just had a child. Jose is also married, but has no children. Their friend William is recently divorced. If these men are representative of other men in their same situations, then ____.

People who are high in ____ compartmentalize their social lives more than others.

The painful feeling of wanting more human contact or connection than you have is known as ____________________.

The tendency to expect rejection from others and to be hypersensitive about the possibility of rejection is known as propinquity.

The need to belong drives people to ___.

Research has demonstrated that loneliness ____.