Exam 11: Interpersonal Attraction and Rejection

Most people do not seem out endless numbers of friends; having ____ close friends seems to be enough.

Do both good and bad shared experiences promote liking? Explain with examples.

Social rejection has been linked with ____.

What is the major emotion felt by someone who rejects a person's romantic advances?

According to reinforcement theory, people come to hold more positive attitudes toward familiar stimuli than toward novel, unfamiliar ones.

The novel  The Prince of Tides , in which a young man who is rejected by fraternities responds by forming new social bonds, improving intellectual work, and engaging in prosocial behavior, portrays the consequences of rejection ____.

Suppose that Anabelle often gets lonely and seeks to stave off this loneliness by forming "relationships" with her favorite celebrities (e.g., reading about their lives in Us magazine). Research suggests that this strategy will probably be at least somewhat helpful.

________________ is a central part of the difficulty of rejecting someone.

Ricky tried to dye his hair black but left the dye on for too long; clumps of his hair fell out completely, leaving bald patches on his scalp. The kids at school snickered at him, ignored him, and avoided him at lunchtime for a couple of weeks. After that, though, everyone forgot about it. Thus Ricky was subjected to a short-term bout of ____.

According to ____, if a man wants a woman to like him more, then buying her flowers or candy can be an effective strategy. ​

When it comes to the link between social rejection and eating, research has found that people who experience social rejection tend to ____. ​

The ________________ effect refers to the idea that one person who breaks the rules can inspire others to also break the rules.

In a classic study of friendship formation in a dormitory, ________________ predicted who would become friends with each other.

Research has demonstrated that being relatively sociable and having close friends is ____ having less physical and mental health problems.

On average, which group of men is likely to have the highest testosterone levels?

If there is a single trait that stands out as most valued in social relationships, it is________________.

According to social psychologists, which of the following adages is truer: "opposites attract" or "birds of a feather flock together"?

Research on physical attractiveness indicates that people with ____ faces tend to be perceived as more attractive than others.

The Association for Psychological Science appointed a blue-ribbon panel of experts to review the latest research on online dating and draw some conclusions. Which of the following statements is NOT supported by their study?

To completely satisfy the need to belong, people must ____.