Exam 10: Relationships and Attraction

How do babies' sleeping arrangements differ across cultures? What implications might these different arrangements have on a given culture's definition of secure attachment?

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Having a baby sleep alone is common only among white,middle-class,North Americans.In the majority of cultures around the world,however,babies sleep with their parents.In more interdependent cultures,young children are much more likely to sleep side by side with their parents than in independent cultures.One might speculate that secure attachments in independent cultures are more likely to be characterized by greater independence and autonomy than secure attachments in interdependent cultures.

According to the textbook,love can be broken down into three broad categories.Which of the following is NOT one of the categories discussed in the text?

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Luciana has been working hard to earn a promotion at work.Her wife,Victoria,has been actively supporting Luciana's efforts at work by cooking dinner and paying the bills before Luciana comes home from work.Victoria's efforts to support Luciana represent evidence that they have a(n)________ relationship.

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The mere exposure effect can be explained in part by

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Barbara wants Jason,her new coworker,to like her.All of the following could increase the likelihood that Jason will like Barbara EXCEPT

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Recall that Burgess and Wallin (1953)studied the personality characteristics of hundreds of engaged couples.Specifically,they compared couples who planned to marry with "random" couples they created by pairing individual members of one couple with individual members of another couple.The results showed that members of engaged couples,compared to random couples,were significantly

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According to the evolutionary perspective,why are women more selective than men in their choice of mates?

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The strongest support for the claim that we have a need to belong comes from the finding that

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If the need to belong is universal,then this need should occur in

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Question 9

Recall that Festinger and his colleagues (1950)conducted research at a university housing project called Westgate West.Among other things,they examined friendship formation among apartment residents.The results showed that the residents living near the stairwells formed twice as many friendships with upstairs neighbors as those living in the middle apartments,which were further from the stairs.These results illustrate the impact of ________ on friendship formation.

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Rusbult's investment model of commitment holds that three factors determine how committed people will be to their relationship.These factors are

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Vivica finds Dion physically attractive.Judging from his appearance,she assumes that he is also outgoing and honest.Vivica is displaying the

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Jerome heard that Liza has a great sense of humor.On meeting her for the first time,Jerome encourages Liza to share jokes she has heard and to tell him about comedy films she has seen.Although Liza does not see herself as especially funny,she obliges Jerome,and he concludes that what he had heard about Liza is true.Which of the following phenomena is most closely reflected in the exchange between Jerome and Liza?

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Cassandra and Martin have been dating for three months.According to equity theory,Cassandra is likely motivated to

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Larry suspects that his girlfriend wants to break up with him.Being a rather mean-spirited fellow,Larry tells his girlfriend that if she breaks up with him,she will be alone and will never find another boyfriend.To manipulate his girlfriend,Larry is drawing his girlfriend's attention to the ________ component of Rusbult and colleagues' (1980,1983,2012)investment model of commitment.

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Which of the following is NOT evidence for the need to belong?

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Which of the following statements about physical attractiveness is FALSE?

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Question 17

In a series of experiments,Harlow (1958)raised baby rhesus monkeys in isolation from other rhesus monkeys but with access to two "mother surrogates," one made of cloth and the other made of wire and able to provide milk.Which of the following statements best describes the results of these experiments?

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According to ________,people have a tendency to like things when they are exposed to them more often.

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Question 19

Evaluate the claim that people tend to have the same attachment style across all of their relationships.Describe research from the textbook to support or refute this claim.

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How do babies' sleeping arrangements differ across cultures? What implications might these different arrangements have on a given culture's definition of secure attachment?

According to the textbook,love can be broken down into three broad categories.Which of the following is NOT one of the categories discussed in the text?

The mere exposure effect can be explained in part by

Barbara wants Jason,her new coworker,to like her.All of the following could increase the likelihood that Jason will like Barbara EXCEPT

According to the evolutionary perspective,why are women more selective than men in their choice of mates?

The strongest support for the claim that we have a need to belong comes from the finding that

If the need to belong is universal,then this need should occur in

Rusbult's investment model of commitment holds that three factors determine how committed people will be to their relationship.These factors are

Vivica finds Dion physically attractive.Judging from his appearance,she assumes that he is also outgoing and honest.Vivica is displaying the

Cassandra and Martin have been dating for three months.According to equity theory,Cassandra is likely motivated to

Which of the following is NOT evidence for the need to belong?

Which of the following statements about physical attractiveness is FALSE?

According to ________,people have a tendency to like things when they are exposed to them more often.

Evaluate the claim that people tend to have the same attachment style across all of their relationships.Describe research from the textbook to support or refute this claim.

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The Methods of Social Psychology

The Social Self

Social Cognition: Thinking About

Social Attribution: Explaining Behavior

Emotion

Attitudes, Behavior, and Rationalization

Persuasion

Social Influence

Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Groups

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