Exam 5: Attraction and Mate Selection

You conduct a study about what people find physically attractive by creating computer-generated composites of photographs and asking people to rate the attractiveness of each. Your results show that the composite made up of ________ faces is rated as most attractive.

9.Describe how the attributes women and men look for in romantic partners change depending on whether they are pursuing short-term relationships as opposed to long-term ones.

7.When he first moved from another state, your friend Annand used an online dating service to look for a girlfriend. Annand is of average attractiveness, plays soccer twice a week, and likes sci-fi movies. Although he continually claimed to be interested in only very attractive women's profiles, his girlfriend of one year (whom he met through the service) is of average attractiveness. Based on the matching phenomenon, how would you explain this apparent contradiction between Annand's claims and actual choice of a romantic partner?

Research about commitment suggests that:

Javeed has a fear of flying. Every time he has to fly, his heart races and his palms get sweaty. On a recent business trip, instead of being accompanied by his colleague Franco, a new female colleague, Blanca, accompanied him. Meeting her for the first time at the airport, Javeed found himself extremely attracted to her. Based on the chapter about attraction, what could explain Javeed's attraction to Blanca?

Brian is taking a cooking class. On the first day of class, all the students introduced themselves, and Brian noticed that he felt more positively about some of his fellow students than others. Brian's feelings best demonstrate the process of:

Strategic pluralism refers to the idea that humans:

As mentioned in the attraction chapter, ________ refers to ________.

The process of thinking someone would be desirable as a potential intimate partner is called:

The fact that we tend to form relationships with those closest to us demonstrates the principle of:

After taking this class and mastering the material on attraction, you go to a bar on a Friday night, take a corner table, and observe how people meet and form couples. Which of the following individuals is likely to be the LEAST successful at finding a partner at a singles' bar?

The matching phenomenon suggests that people tend to pair up with partners who are similar in their:

Ana is head over heels in love with Mark, a fellow student in her chemistry class. Unfortunately, it seems as though he is barely aware of her existence. Ana makes every effort to be near Mark, including sitting next to him in class, joining the same chemistry study group he belongs to, and even attending their school's soccer team games when she knows he will be there. Ana's behavior can best be described as an example of:

4.Describe three reasons why we find people who are similar to us more attractive.

Which of the following statements about self-disclosure in relationships is NOT true?

The mere exposure effect predicts that repeated exposure to ________ will lead to ________.

As described in the textbook, Aronson and his colleagues conducted a study where college students listened to an audiotape of someone supposedly auditioning for the chance to compete in a trivia contest. The main implication from this study was that because of ________, people who are ________ are most attractive.

11.Your friend Abdul claims he is in love with Maia, a woman in his health psychology class. He tells you that so far, he has had no luck in getting her to agree to go on a date with him, but he is certain that if he keeps trying Maia will change her mind. After what you have learned in your intimate relationships course, you conclude that Abdul is experiencing unrequited love. Provide three reasons why Abdul would continue to pursue Maia, despite her repeated rejections.

10.Explain how situations can affect romantic attraction.

Researchers have studied telephone conversations between unacquainted men and women. In these studies, one of the interaction partners (either the man or the woman) is led to believe his or her conversation partner is either physically attractive or physically unattractive. What is the most important conclusion we can draw from such studies?