Deck 35: A: Reading

Question 1

Kiesler and Baral interpret their findings on the relationship between self-esteem and choice of romantic partner in which of the following ways?

A) High self-esteem persons are less "practical" and "realistic" in their choice of romantic partner, which is consistent with their scores on the California Personality Inventory (CPI).
B) People with high self-esteem feel threatened if someone doesn't like them and, thus, have a greater need for affection and reassurance than people with low self-esteem.
C) Changes in perception of the self affect perceptions of the chances of success in choosing romantic partners.
D) Their results are valid regardless of subjects' assessments of the likelihood of rejection by highly-attractive romantic partners.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Kiesler and Baral manipulated the self-esteem of the participants in their study by:

A) giving them false feedback on their performance on a memory and math test.
B) giving them false results on a self-esteem test administered by the Yale psychology department.
C) giving them photos of either beautiful or ugly people to rate.
D) having them dress in ill fitting clothing and stand in front of mirror.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Checks on the self-esteem manipulation, which asked subjects to rate their "present emotional feelings" and their performance on an intelligence test, revealed that:

A) subjects in the low self-esteem condition tended to feel better than subjects in the high self-esteem condition.
B) subjects in the low self-esteem condition tended to rate their test performance higher than subjects in the high self-esteem condition.
C) overall, the self-esteem manipulation was not effective.
D) overall, the self-esteem manipulation was effective.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The main hypothesis in the Kiesler and Baral experiment on the relationship between self-esteem and attractiveness was:

A) the less attractive a subject was, the lower his self-esteem would be.
B) subjects would always prefer attractive partners over less-attractive partners.
C) moderately attractive subjects with low self-esteem would tend to select moderately attractive partners over highly attractive partners.
D) there is no relation between subjects' self-esteem and choosing an attractive partner; what matters is whether the subjects are highly attractive.