Question 1

In the United States, which attribute do women find particularly attractive in men?

Accepted Answer

A)  Muscularity
B)  Brown eyes
C)  Tallness
D)  Sculpted facial bones C

Question 2

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

"We met this weekend, and every time I see him I feel an explosion of fireworks," is a statement most typical of which type of love according to Sternberg's Triangular model?

Accepted Answer

A)  Liking
B)  Romantic love
C)  Fatuous love
D)  Infatuation D

Question 4

According to Sternberg's model, what leads to a good match between love partners?

Accepted Answer

A)  Similar taste in food
B)  Similar religious and political views
C)  Closely matched commitments with differing needs for intimacy
D)  Closely matching levels of all three components of love

Question 5

Evolutionary psychologists believe that some of men's preferences in female mates may have evolved because these characteristics are associated with a woman's

Accepted Answer

A)  ability to provide.
B)  reproductive capacity.
C)  ability to nurture children.
D)  ability to offer him a satisfying sex life.

Question 6

According to the text, we are more likely to be attracted to people who disagree with our views and tastes than to people who share them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Approximately 20% of European American men have relationships with women who are not of European American descent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which statement is True about male preferences for women's breast size, on average?

Accepted Answer

A)  Males prefer women with huge breasts.
B)  Males prefer women with larger breasts, but not huge breasts.
C)  Males do not show a preference for large breasts in controlled research.
D)  Males were mixed in breast size preferences, with only some preferring larger breasts.

Question 9

Women are more likely than men to marry someone who has more education than they do.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Love that is characterized by selfless giving is called

Accepted Answer

A)  eros.
B)  agape.
C)  ludus.
D)  pragma.

Question 11

Cross-culturally, women have more romantic ideals of what is attractive in a mate than do men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Sternberg's triangle model is used primarily to determine if a relationship will have longevity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The "Attraction and Love" chapter in your text begins with an examination of

Accepted Answer

A)  long term love affairs.
B)  the power of love to heal.
C)  the difference between liking and loving.
D)  the color red as a powerful perceptual variable.

Question 14

Cross-culturally, men tend to place greater emphasis on ________ in their preferences for a mate, and women tend to place greater emphasis on ________ in their preferences for a mate.

Accepted Answer

A)  earning capacity; intelligence
B)  physical attractiveness; youth
C)  youth; physical attractiveness
D)  youth; earning capacity

Question 15

The person with whom an individual ends up having a relationship will likely be a person that lives nearby.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

When people marry late or remarry, the age difference between spouses is less predictable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

According to the text, a major component in people's ratings of attraction is

Accepted Answer

A)  intelligence.
B)  physical appearance.
C)  personality.
D)  family background.

Question 18

In the United States, both men and women find slenderness an important component of physical attraction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Fairy tales like Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella focus on the idealized concept of

Accepted Answer

A)  romantic love.
B)  passionate love.
C)  unrequited love.
D)  lustful love

Question 20

According to the text, the preferred age differences between marriage partners is when

Accepted Answer

A)  husbands are 5-10 years older than wives.
B)  husbands are 2-5 years older than wives.
C)  husbands are the same age as wives.
D)  wives are 1-2 years older than husbands.

Exam 7: Attraction and Lovebinding Forces

In the United States, which attribute do women find particularly attractive in men?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

"We met this weekend, and every time I see him I feel an explosion of fireworks," is a statement most typical of which type of love according to Sternberg's Triangular model?

According to Sternberg's model, what leads to a good match between love partners?

Evolutionary psychologists believe that some of men's preferences in female mates may have evolved because these characteristics are associated with a woman's

According to the text, we are more likely to be attracted to people who disagree with our views and tastes than to people who share them.

Approximately 20% of European American men have relationships with women who are not of European American descent.

Which statement is True about male preferences for women's breast size, on average?

Women are more likely than men to marry someone who has more education than they do.

Love that is characterized by selfless giving is called

Cross-culturally, women have more romantic ideals of what is attractive in a mate than do men.

Sternberg's triangle model is used primarily to determine if a relationship will have longevity.

The "Attraction and Love" chapter in your text begins with an examination of

Cross-culturally, men tend to place greater emphasis on in their preferences for a mate, and women tend to place greater emphasis on in their preferences for a mate.

The person with whom an individual ends up having a relationship will likely be a person that lives nearby.

When people marry late or remarry, the age difference between spouses is less predictable.

According to the text, a major component in people's ratings of attraction is

In the United States, both men and women find slenderness an important component of physical attraction.

Fairy tales like Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella focus on the idealized concept of

According to the text, the preferred age differences between marriage partners is when