Exam 11: Interpersonal Attraction and Rejection

Can people satisfy the need to belong via membership in a group or organization (e.g., a club or sports team), even if they do not form friendships there?

Which of the following is one of the typical responses that people show in the aftermath of social rejection?

The tendency to expect rejection from others and be hypersensitive to rejection is known as ____.

What is the LEAST  likely reason for why children might be rejected by their peers?

The painful feeling of wanting more human contact or connection than you have is known as ____. ​

In one survey, the majority of college students revealed that having a few close friends is ____ and having lots of casual friends is ____.

Suppose that Daniel has just begun his freshman year in college. Which of his actions best exemplifies the need to belong?

Among the elements of belongingness, which element do prostitutes generally lack in their line of work?

Suppose that you meet a friend of a friend named Roger who is strikingly attractive, well groomed, and well mannered. And suppose that you immediately assume that Roger "has it together. "That is to say, he is smart, talented, and successful, and he likely has a great social life and love life as well. If so, you would be showing evidence of the ____.

Attractive children are more popular among other children than their less attractive peers.

Anya, a high school student, finally musters up the courage to say hello to a group of "cool" kids at school. Suppose that these kids completely reject her by snubbing her greeting and then laughing at her as she walks by. In the immediate aftermath of this social rejection, Anya goes straight to her geometry class, where she finds that there is a pop quiz. She is MOST likely to ____.

________________ is the ability to change one's behavior for different situations.

Without the ________________, people might just live alone and would be willing to abandona partner as soon as he or she became annoying.

Which of the following is the most accurate explanation of the relationship between social rejection and aggression?

The tendency to expect rejection from others and to be hypersensitive to rejection, is known as ________________.

Which trait is most valued in social relationships?

_____ is a situation in which other people respect and include you in their groups and relationships.

Greg has just transferred to a new school, and has been going out to a lot of parties and social functions so that he can meet new friends. Social psychologists would say that Greg is trying to satisfy the human need to ________________.

Suppose that you had a computer program that could morph images of different faces into composite average faces. If you began with four faces, combined them in pairs to make two new faces, and then combined them again to make a final, single composite face, which would, on average, be the MOST attractive to people?

Which of the following statements is true about rejection?