Exam 11: Interpersonal Attraction and Rejection

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

Testosterone levels in men peak around the age of 20 and thereafter decline.

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.

How would social psychologists respond to the lyrics "getting to know you, getting to know all about you, getting to like you?"

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

As discussed in the text, prisoners who live in solitary confinement ____.

Recent research on the importance of social networks suggests that ____.

Rejecting someone's romantic interest in you is likely to make you feel ________________.

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

The broadest and simplest explanation for why people may stay in violently abusive relationships is that ____.

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

The term ostracism originally came from ____.

How do social psychologists define the "need to belong?" How common is it? What evidence is there that this is a real "need"?

In attraction research, the propinquity effect refers to the tendency for people to be relatively attracted to others who ____.

The matching hypothesis states that people tend to form relationships with others who are similar to them in terms of ____.

Research on clothing and attractiveness indicates that ____.

Failure to satisfy the need to belong is associated with ____.

Compared to others, people who identify themselves as lonely tend to ____.