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

If you were hiring someone to work as a receptionist for your office,who would you hire and why?

Recall that Judith Langlois and her colleagues (1990)used computer graphics to generate composite faces that reflected the exact mathematical average of the facial features of a large number of individual photographs.They then asked participants to rate the attractiveness of the composite photograph and the individual photographs that were combined to make up the composite.These researchers found that

Caryl Rusbult's (1983)research on college-age dating couples showed that rewards played a role in determining satisfaction ____ and that costs played a role ____.

Consider the following quote from Elaine Hatfield and Richard Rapson (1993): Does "dinner at an expensive restaurant on Monday balance out three nights of neglect due to a heavy work load"? In other words,

When Aron and his colleagues (2005)asked participants to look at pictures of someone they were in love with while performing an MRI on them,they found that the ventral tegmental area (VTA)and caudate nucleus were activated,and that they were more strongly activated the more intensely participants indicated that they loved the person in the photo.These particular areas of the brain are associated with

Dave is low-skilled in his interpersonal style-he tends to see interactions as simple and focuses on what was accomplished.His partner,Lynn,is high-skilled and tends to focus on the psychological aspects of their conversations.According to information in your text,what is likely to happen between Dave and Lynn?

Arlene finds that even though she sat in the opposite corner of the classroom from Ronda during the entire term of their chemistry class,when they bump into each other at a party,she seems to like Ronda more than the strangers around.This is best explained by

The crucial variable that explains the effects of propinquity,similarity,and reciprocal liking may be

According to research presented by the authors of your text,someone who is low-skilled in their interpersonal style would be more likely to have a better friendship with someone who is

Carla is involved in a romantic relationship with Jack.Her costs of the relationship are relatively low and her rewards are very high with this relationship.However,Carla has recently met Ted,and she believes that he could offer her a relationship with even higher rewards than Jack.According to social exchange theory,Carla is likely to

Western cultures see ____ as the basis for marriage,while Eastern cultures see ____ as the basis for marriage.

Beatriz is expressive,sociable,and passionate.She is most likely to prefer a friend or romantic partner who is

According to a survey conducted by Hazan and Shaver (1987),which attachment style do most people have?

According to Rusbult's investment model of relationships,

Recall that Wheeler and Kim (1997)asked American,Canadian,and Korean students to rate the attractiveness of people in yearbook photographs,and to rate the people in the photographs on a number of personality dimensions.Which of the following traits did all participants associate with physical attractiveness?

Recall that Wheeler and Kim (1997)asked American,Canadian,and Korean students to rate the attractiveness of people in yearbook photographs,and to rate the people in the photographs on a number of personality dimensions.They found that ____ students were likely to associate attractiveness with ____.

In their relationship,Mark is concerned with maintaining an equal ratio of rewards and costs,whereas Jenn is concerned with being responsive to Mark's needs.Mark views the relationship as a(n) ____ relationship and Jenn views it as a(n) ____ relationship.

Cliff believes that his relationship with Kristi provides as many rewards and as few costs as he expects in a relationship.Cliff considers himself fortunate,because he does not believe that he can get nearly as good an outcome with anyone else.Cliff can be described as having a ____ comparison level and a ____ comparison level for alternatives.

A great deal of psychological research supports the folk wisdom that "birds of a feather flock together," but there is little empirical support for the folk wisdom that "opposites attract." According to social psychologists,why do we tend to find people similar to us attractive?

"I find that others are reluctant to get as close to me as I would like.I often have dreams that my husband doesn't love me like he used to,and that he leaves me unexpectedly.I guess have this need to lose myself in the person I love,and this sometimes scares them away." A person who is ____ attached most likely wrote those words.