Exam 10: Attraction and Relationships: From Initial Impressions to Long-Term Intimacy

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?

Your friend asked you to look at a number of dating profiles to help him try to spot any deceptive profiles before he makes contact. Based on research presented in this chapter, which of the following would be a red flag?

Distance is to __________ as familiarity is to __________.

According to a survey presented in the text, which attachment style do most people have?

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.

You attend a party even though you dislike meeting new people and tend to be very shy. Once there, you approach a young woman who is standing alone in the corner trying not to make eye contact with anyone. You begin talking to her about how you dislike the discomfort of meeting new people and that parties drain your energy. She totally agrees with everything you say, confirming that you both see eye-to-eye on a lot. You find, at the end of the evening that you like this young woman. According to social psychologists, why is this so?

The process of arranged marriages in many Eastern cultures is most likely the reason for __________.

Although equity theory suggests that both partners who are overbenefited and underbenefited feel uncomfortable, the partner who is __________ is more likely to perceive inequality as a problem.

According to the tenets of evolutionary theory, reproduction is more costly (in terms of time, energy, and effort) for females than it is for males. Thus, it is advantageous for males to __________ and for females to __________.

The reproductive success of __________ is measured by the quantity of their offspring, whereas the reproductive success of __________ is measured by raising their offspring to maturity.

Researchers (Sergios & Cody, 1985) conducted a replication of the study by Hatfield (Walster) and her colleagues (1966), in which men and women were paired at random for a "blind date" dance. In their study, Sergios and Cody studied gay men. They found that __________.

Sheila is considered to be very attractive by both men and women. Which of the following features is she MOST likely to have?

People have a tendency to be attracted to others who are of the same level of physical attractiveness. Research by Taylor and colleagues (2011) found that this also applies to level of _______.

Strangers were brought into a research lab and were instructed to discuss a personally meaningful topic in research conducted by Pryzbylski and Weinstein (2013). Most of the time, doing that activity fosters a sense of closeness among strangers who are meeting for the first time. In this research, that closeness did not occur. Why not?

Results of a study by Jankowiak and Fischer (1992) examining love across 166 cultures shows that cultures in __________ tend to have the greatest percentage of cultures with passionate love.

According to Rusbult's investment model of relationships, __________.

The best predictor of a relationship that is ending is the couple __________.

Andersen and Bem (1981) conducted a variation of the getting-acquainted telephone study by Snyder, Elizabeth Tanke, and Berscheid (1977). Andersen and Bem provided attractive and unattractive photos of men to women who interacted with men at the other end of a telephone. What would you expect happened when the women thought that the men with whom they were speaking were the men in the photos?