Exam 9: Interpersonal Attraction

Judith Langlois and Lori Roggman (1990)reviewed the literature on standards of beauty across cultures and they found that the attractiveness ratings among participants of all different races and ethnicities ranged from .66 to .93.These relatively large positive correlations suggest that

Research examining cultural differences in the "what is beautiful is good" stereotype has found that

Eighteen-year-old Anne has a secure attachment with her parents and friends.In her first romantic relationship she seems anxious and insecure about her relationship with her new boyfriend.What do theories on multiple attachment styles predict for Anne's relationship?

Murray and her colleagues (1993)studied heterosexual dating partners over the course of a year.They found that when couples overlooked each others' faults and exaggerated each others' virtues,the couples were less likely to break up over the course of the year.The take-home message of this study is that

Brian does not know anything about Sally except that she is very attractive.Based on research by Alice Eagly and her colleagues (1991)and by Alan Feingold (1992),Brian is most likely to make the attribution that Sally is

The social compensation hypothesis in research on formation of relationships online states that

You are strongly attracted to Mario,and you very much want him to like you,but you're afraid that if you open your mouth,he'll think you're a bimbo.If you are too nervous to interact with Mario,you can take advantage of the mere exposure effect and

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 _______.

Some critics of the evolutionary approach to love have argued that its tenets are untestable.By this they mean that evolutionary theory

Consider the following relationship scenario.Your new friend James has introduced you to a number of wonderful interests: obscure Tarantino films,visits to museums,Thai food,and hang-gliding.Still,if it's one thing about James that drives you crazy,it's that he never stops talking,and will actually change his position on issues just to bait you into an argument.If truth be told,you argue more with James than with just about anyone else you know,and you frequently end up with your feelings hurt.In fact,you find yourself wondering whether James's roommate Sedrick wouldn't make a better friend.He's interesting,does fun things,and he doesn't seem to relish arguments nearly as much as James does.Analyze this scenario from a social-exchange perspective.What are the rewards,costs,comparison level,and comparison level for alternatives? What's likely to happen in this case?

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 _______ approach to interpersonal relationships addresses the kinds of bonds we form with our caregivers early in life.

In cross-cultural research using American,Canadian,and Korean students,which of the following traits did all participants associate with physical attractiveness?

The results of research on couple relationships in Kitchener-Waterloo (Murray and colleagues,2002)show that couples _______ the degree of similarity with their partner and this was _______ relationship satisfaction.

When Leon Festinger and his colleagues studied friendship patterns among married couples in an apartment complex at MIT,they found that people who lived at the foot of the stairs or near mailboxes had more friends on upper floors than did other people who lived on the first floor.This illustrates the power of _______ to influence friendship patterns.

According to research on attachment styles,which of the following does NOT accurately describe the way people deal with problems in a relationship?

French essayist Francois La Rochefoucauld once defined friendship as "a scheme for the mutual exchange of personal advantages and favours." Although a bit cynical,this description of friendship is most compatible with the _______ theory of attraction.

Diane Felmlee (1995)asked 300 college students to reflect on the last relationship they had ended,to list the things that first attracted them to their former partners,and to list the things that they disliked most about their partners around the time of the break-up.If Michelle is like the 30% of Felmlee's participants who experienced a "fatal attraction," she will probably say,

Richard Moreland and Scott Beach (1992)had a confederate attend large university classes for a systematically varied number of class sessions.In keeping with the mere exposure effect,when unsuspecting students in those classes were later shown photos of the confederate,they liked her best when she had

There are several reasons why similarity is so important to attraction.Which of the following is NOT one of these reasons?