Exam 11: Interpersonal Attraction and Rejection

The need to belong drives people to affiliate, commit, and remain together, and it makes them reluctant to live alone. People usually form relationships easily and readily, such as with neighbors and work colleagues. They are reluctant to let relationship send, even if they do not see any clear purpose in continuing the relationship. For example, when workers at a corporation go through a training group exercise in which they meet regularly for a set period of time, the group typically resists its impending breakup, such as by promising to remain in touch with each other and even planning reunions. The group's purpose will be over, and in fact most of these planned reunions never take place, but nobody wants to admit that the interpersonal connections are coming to an end. By the same token, when people break off a romantic relationship, they usually say they want to preserve some parts of their intimate connection despite terminating the romantic connection. "Let's just befriends" is the common breakup line, though in reality most ex-lovers do not sustain close friendships with each other. Promising to remain friends is usually just a way to avoid the fact that a social bond is being broken.

Which behavior is LEAST likely to result in one being expelled from one's family?

The following scenario is not uncommon. Several people are waiting at a crosswalk. One of them decides to cross despite a red signal, and-once that happens-everyone else does the same. This is an example not only of conformity but also of ____.

Are there any constructive responses to rejection? Explain with an example of a research study.

Research on families indicates that the threat of expulsion often helps to ____.

Compared to others, people who are lonely tend to ____.

Compared to other men, men with low levels of the hormone ________________ tend to be kinder, gentler, and more affectionate in relationships.

Research on body shape and standards of beauty indicates that ____.

People who are high in ____ compartmentalize their social lives more than others. ​

________________ refers to persisting in romantic or courtship behavior or other behaviors that frighten and harass the rejecter in the relationship.

Apparently people sometimes like others based on nothing more than familiarity. This is called the ____.

The pattern that similarity promotes liking is not something that originates with human beings living in culture but rather something that originated among animals that formed into groups to help each other live better.

When partners in a romantic relationship break up with each other, they often plan to remain friends. What happens in reality?

Compared to people who are not physically attractive, people who are physically attractive are assumed to be superior on many traits-including intelligence, sexual warmth, and popularity. This assumption is known as the ____.

The _____ states that people come to hold more positive attitudes toward familiar stimuli than toward novel, unfamiliar ones.

People who are high in self-monitoring differ from others in a number of ways. For example, they are more likely to ____.

Consider the research regarding the relationships people have with large groups or organizations (e.g., people's ties with their universities or workplaces). Can such relationships "stand in" for interpersonal relationships, such that people with these types of relationships (but little to no interpersonal relationships)are not necessarily lonely?

Brian has about five close friends but not many casual acquaintances. If he is like most people, then ____. ​

June is a voluptuous woman who is a little on the plump side. She is going on a blind date next week and wants to make sure that her date perceives her as attractive, particularly with respect to her body size. If she wants her date to rate her as the MOST attractive, June should make sure the date is ____.

Which statement is most accurate regarding gender differences in unrequited love and stalking?