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

According to Sternberg's triangular theory of love, intimacy plus passion is what kind of love?

Describe in detail the four stages of Duck's (1982) model of relationship dissolution (breaking up). Provide a running example in your description.

Which of the following statements about online dating is correct?

According to Duck (1982), relationship dissolution doesn't happen all at once; instead, it is characterized by a series of stages. These stages are, in order:

Research examining the "what is beautiful is good" stereotype cross-culturally has found that __________.

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

Researchers provided men with photographs of either attractive women or unattractive women and told the men that their conversation partner was the woman in the photograph. They found that when independent raters evaluated the women's side of the conversation, women who were believed to be attractive actually behaved in a more confident, animated, and warm manner than did women who were believed to be unattractive. These results demonstrate that the __________ might explain why there is a kernel of truth to the "what is beautiful is good" stereotype.

What is the propinquity effect, and what is the psychological mechanism underlying this effect?

According to the research by Koranyi and Rothermund (2012), reciprocal liking is powerful enough to keep us from our basic tendency to pay more attention to __________.

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).

Cross-cultural research indicates that Chinese couples value __________ more, and American couples value __________ more.

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?

Based on what the authors of your text present about similarity and liking, who would Russ (a liberal philosophy major) be most likely to become friends with?

Researchers (Kubitscheck & Hallinan, 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.

You have been hired by a company to come up with an advertising campaign to sell more shoes. Based on the mere exposure effect, you propose __________.

Ramona cares deeply about Raül, but does not feel any passion for him. Raül, on the other hand, has feelings of great longing accompanied by physical arousal whenever she's near. In this situation, Ramona is feeling __________ love for Raül, whereas Raül, is feeling __________ love for Ramona.

What is "functional distance" to a social psychologist?

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.

Evolutionarily speaking, one reason that people prefer the familiar over that which is unfamiliar is that __________.

There is mounting evidence suggesting that people who are more physically attractive are perceived and treated differently than those who are less attractive. One striking example of this was found in the context of __________.