Exam 17: Interpersonal Processes

The evolutionary perspective argues that men should be sexually involved with as many women as possible because:

According to what is known and stated in the textbook about the relationship between aggressive behavior and testosterone levels, what needs to be done to prevent aggressive behavior?

According to attachment theorists, when under stress avoidantly attached individuals are likely to:

It is a strange thing. If I ask five people to independently work on a project, they will complete each of their parts in less than an hour. However, if I put those people together, it takes about three times longer to get the same job done. In psychology, this is referred to as:

Which of the following is NOT true of theories of testosterone?.

According to the evolutionary perspective, men and women are motivated by the desire to have children. However, few college students are actively trying to get pregnant. The disconnect between the predictions of evolutionary psychology and actual behavior is most likely due to:

I love it when two or three baseball players run to catch a fly ball and then no one reaches for it and the ball lands between them. This is an example of:

According to your textbook, love is perceived differently in different cultures. Which of the following statements is true of cross-cultural variations in love?

When given the opportunity to escape empathic distress people tend to:

During a given semester, the most important people, the ones who truly influence how I behave and what I do in the classroom, are my present students. Past students and my colleagues really do not affect how I behave. My present students can be considered a:

The world seems to be becoming a more violent place. What evidence is there that aggression is due to biological factors? What is the evidence that it is not? Provide at least two arguments that support each side. If you were to try and decrease aggression and violence in the world, what would you suggest? Explain your answer clearly.

The school has decided that hitting the Resident Assistant was a serious crime and thus you are forced to live off-campus for your remaining time at the college. Based on what was presented in your textbook, which of the following types of aggression comes closet to the actions of the school?

The tactics that are used in selecting mates are referred to as:

The power goes out in your neighborhood. Three days later the power is still out because no one called the power company. Everyone assumed that someone else had called them. This is an example of:

Which is not a type of love discussed in your textbook?

I'm not very good at shooting pool, although I enjoy it anyway. It is reasonable to assume that the presence of an audience will cause me to

The murder of Kitty Genovese, a murder that occurred over an extended period of time, roused 38 people from their sleep, and yet not one of them intervened or called the police. This incident raises important questions about:

Based on what was presented in the textbook, research supports the idea that people decide to stay in relationships based on all of the following EXCEPT:

When examining different types of aggression, researchers have found that men are more likely to engage in _______ whereas women were more likely to engage in _______

Data suggest that, on an average day, our partners are going to annoy ____ of us.