Deck 3: Attraction

Question 1

In the context of attraction, the instrumentality perspective proposes that:

A) most people do not expect anything when they enter a relationship.
B) people are attracted to others based on the extent to which they help them fulfill their goals.
C) relationships and their dynamics are heavily dependent on cultural forces.
D) direct rewards are more fulfilling than indirect rewards in a relationship.

Answer 1

people are attracted to others based on the extent to which they help them fulfill their goals.

Question 2

In Festinger, Schachter, and Back's (1950) study of students living in campus housing at MIT, they found that those most likely to be friends were living:

A) one door away from each other.
B) one floor away from each other.
C) one building away from each other.
D) in no predictable location.

Answer 2

one door away from each other.

Question 3

Which concept opposes the notion "familiarity breeds contempt"?

A) The mere exposure effect
B) The cohort effect
C) Out-group bias
D) Justification of effort

Answer 3

The mere exposure effect

Question 4

On average, which of the following is likely when people who have met online get together in person for the first time?

A) They find each other more appealing than they did online.
B) They are mildly disappointed, and their liking for each other goes down.
C) Men are more likely than women to find the meeting better than their online interaction.
D) Women are more likely than men to find the meeting better than their online interaction.

Question 5

Which of the following is true of our conceptions of beauty?

A) Young children have no conception of beauty; they respond to "beautiful" and "unattractive" faces similarly.
B) There is no consensus of beauty across ethnic groups; Asians, Hispanics, and African Americans disagree about what is beautiful.
C) In women, feminine and youthful features are commonly viewed as beautiful across cultures and ethnic groups.
D) Computer "averages" of a number of faces are more unattractive than any single face that makes up the composite.

Question 6

Which of the following is true when a culture's food supply is unreliable and people are hungry?

A) Short men are considered more attractive than tall men.
B) Highly educated men are considered more attractive than less educated men.
C) Heavy women are considered more attractive than slender women.
D) Tall women are considered more attractive than short women.

Question 7

The biggest influence on one's liking for another in speed dating is the potential partner's ________.

A) wealth
B) political attitude
C) education level
D) outward appearance

Question 8

Joe is a moderately attractive man. He is dating three women. Penelope is a very attractive woman, Susanna is moderately attractive, and Wanda is relatively unattractive. All else being equal, who is he most likely to end up with?

A) Penelope. Attractive women tend to end up with men less attractive than they are.
B) Susanna. People tend to end up with those who match them in attractiveness.
C) Wanda. Men of moderate attractiveness tend to end up with women less attractive than they are.
D) We don't know. There is no strong connection between the attractiveness of one partner and the attractiveness of the other partner.

Question 9

Which of the following formulas describes how individuals evaluate a potential partner's desirability?

A) His/Her Level of Extraversion + His/Her Probability of Accepting the Individual
B) His/Her Physical Attractiveness × His/Her Probability of Accepting the Individual
C) Amount of Time Spent So Far × His/Her Probability of Accepting the Individual
D) Number of Mutual Friends + His/Her Probability of Accepting the Individual

Question 10

Which of the following is true about playing "hard to get"?

A) Individuals who appear aloof and largely uninterested are most likely to get dates.
B) Individuals who are selectively hard to get-an easy catch for a desired partner but difficult for everyone else to catch-are most attractive to their desired partner.
C) Playing hard to get is always a bad strategy; those who are hard to get have few dates.
D) Some individuals find those who are hard to get interesting; others don't. The success of the strategy depends on the personality of the other person.

Question 11

Similarity in which of the following factors increases the chances of liking a person?

A) Attitude similarity
B) Demographic similarity
C) Similarity in values
D) All of the answers are correct.

Question 12

Alex is a strong Republican from South Dakota with a bachelor's degree in business. He enjoys fishing and snowmobiling. He's generally a happy person, with some tendencies toward an avoidant attachment style. Which of the following women is he likely to form a relationship with?

A) Sally from North Dakota. She is a Republican who majored in economics in college. She enjoys snowmobiling and has an attachment style best described as avoidant.
B) June from Alabama. She is a Republican who majored in art history. She's never been on a snowmobile in her life (and doesn't want to be). She tends to be a bit of a pessimist and would best be described as anxiously attached.
C) Lucy from California. She is a Democrat. She did not complete college, hates fishing, and tends to be a bit of a grumpy person.
D) None of these women are likely to appeal to Alex.

Question 13

Which of the following is true of how people evaluate their similarity to others?

A) Most people can tell, with a high degree of accuracy, how similar they are to a potential romantic partner within the first couple of minutes of meeting the other person.
B) Even after years of marriage, people tend to think they have less in common with each other than they really do.
C) The more two people overestimate their similarity, the less likely it is that they will form a long-term relationship.
D) People's perceptions of how much they have in common affect their attraction to each other more than their actual similarity does.

Question 14

According to the stimulus-value-role theory, which of the following are couples most likely to discover last?

A) Whether they find each other physically attractive
B) Whether they share the same taste in music
C) Whether they like the same type of food
D) Where they would like to settle down