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

Recall that Tom Boyden and his colleagues (1984)found that gay men who were stereotypically masculine desired a partner who was most of all logical,and that gay men who were stereotypically feminine desired a partner who was most of all expressive.These findings support the role of ____ to influence attraction.

Results of a study by Jankowiak and Fischer (1992)examining love across 147 cultures shows that cultures in ____ tend to have the greatest percentage of cultures with passionate love.

The more we see and interact with other people,the more likely they are to become our friends.This statement captures the essence of the ____ effect.

The authors argue that "beauty constitutes a powerful stereotype." What characteristics are often associated with beauty? How might we actually create some of those characteristics in attractive others?

Martha and Jan have been having trouble in their relationship for some time.One night when Martha is out,Jan reflects on their relationship and can't help thinking about all the ways things have been going wrong.Their sex life,once passionate,is only so-so; they hardly talk anymore; and Martha no longer seems to like Jan's friends.These late night ruminations best represent the ____ stage of relationship dissolution (Duck,1982).

John and Patricia are miserable in their relationship.If John were to use a tactic that is both destructive and passive,he would

Recall that Collins and Feeney brought heterosexual couples into the laboratory and told the women in each couple that one partner would be giving a speech on the value of college education that would be evaluated.Waiting partners sent notes (supportive or not)to their partners while they were preparing their speeches. They found that

Recall that Kubitscheck and Halliman (1998)studied the influence of tracking (grouping students by academic ability)on friendship formation.They discovered that tracking fostered ____,which in turn increased the ____ of students "tracked" together.

Men and women both view physical attractiveness as the most desirable characteristic in potential

Sara is very popular and has several suitors.She doesn't really care much for any of them.Which one is most likely to be angry that Sara does not return her feelings?

Which of the following physical characteristics are associated with a "babyface"?

According to social exchange theory,even if someone is in a good relationship,he or she would be likely to leave if he or she has

Stanley is building a robot in the year 2054.Fulfilling a fantasy and taking advantage of the technology available,he decides to make his robot have a female form and be physically appealing.To have the most success in this,what should he do?

Research by Buss et al.(1992)on college students' reactions to imagined infidelity finds that

If an architect were to capitalize on functional distance,and design an apartment building in which all tenants had an equal chance of taking advantage of the propinquity effect,the building would have which of the following features?

The concept of "degrees of separation" is best understood as the idea that you are one degree of separation away from everyone you know and

How is Caryl Rusbult's (1983,1991)investment model of relationships similar to and different from traditional social exchange theory models of relationships?

All of the following are true except

You are very sociable and outgoing; at a holiday party,you approach a quiet young woman standing alone in the corner.To break the ice,you discuss a number of "safe" topics:what the winter will be like,what new television shows are worth watching,and what books you've been reading lately.You both see eye-to-eye on a lot.After the conversation,you like the young woman.Based on a large number of social-psychological experiments,why is that so?

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 ____.