Question 1

Which of the following proverbs is clearly NOT supported by the research findings?

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A)  "Opposites attract."
B)  "Familiarity breeds fondness."
C)  "Out of sight,out of mind."
D)  "Even virtue is fairer in a fair body."E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following is false?

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A)  In India,people who marry for love report diminished feelings for love after 5 years than those in arranged marriages.
B)  Compared to North Americans,Asians focus less on personal feelings and more on practical aspects of social attachments.
C)  Evolutionary psychology does not readily explain declines in passionate love in long term relationships.
D)  After 20 years of marriage,some report an increase in feelings of passionate love.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Functional distance refers to

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A)  the natural geographic route between two locations.
B)  the distance between residences "as the crow flies."
C)  how often people's paths cross.
D)  the direction and route of travel one undertakes when deliberately seeking out a given person.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Any truth that may be associated with the what-is-beautiful-is-good stereotype is likely the result of

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A)  the mere exposure effect.
B)  the matching phenomenon.
C)  self-fulfilling prophecies.
D)  implicit egotism.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

Research has shown that we guess _______ people are happier,sexually warmer,more outgoing,and successful.

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A)  friendly
B)  beautiful
C)  intelligent
D)  funnyE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 6

When comparing ourselves and others to models and "beautiful" people in the media,we

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A)  tend to think we are OK.
B)  devalue our potential mates and ourselves.
C)  know those images are unobtainable.
D)  don't care.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

April's father reads her stories where the heroine is beautiful and the villain is hideous.April's father may unwittingly helping April develop the

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A)  contrast effect.
B)  physical-attractiveness stereotype.
C)  mere exposure prejudice.
D)  matching phenomenon.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

We like people with whom we associate good feelings.This fact is consistent with the ___________ theory of attraction.

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A)  cognitive dissonance
B)  reward
C)  two-factor
D)  James-LangeE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

Explain how the two-factor theory accounts for passionate love.

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Question 10

According to the two-factor theory of emotion,being aroused by _______ should intensify passionate feelings.

Accepted Answer

A)  pornography on video or in magazines
B)  sight and smell
C)  any source
D)  exerciseE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Hatfield gave university women evaluations,affirming the self-esteem of some and wounding others with negative evaluations.Each participant was then asked to evaluate a man who had earlier asked her for a date.Women whose evaluations had been _______ expressed _______ the man.

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A)  positive;more liking of
B)  negative;more liking of
C)  positive;more hostility towards
D)  negative;more hostility towardsE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Which item is NOT one of the aspects of love in Sternberg's theory of love?

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A)  intimacy
B)  passion
C)  attachment
D)  commitmentE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

In an experiment by Zajonc and his colleagues,participants were exposed to brief novel passages of music while they focused their attention on other tasks.Results indicated that mere exposure led to liking

Accepted Answer

A)  only when the exposed stimulus was task-related.
B)  only when people were consciously attending to the exposed stimulus.
C)  even when people were unaware of what they had been exposed to.
D)  unless background stimuli created a distraction and interfered with the processing of the task.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Williams and Nida (2001) found that when ostracized during an online Frisbee-like game,players were _______ to conform to others' wrong judgments on a subsequent perceptual task.

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A)  less likely
B)  more likely
C)  somewhat likely
D)  not likelyE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Mita et al.(1977) asked women to select which of a series of pictures taken of them they preferred.Which photographs were women most likely to select?

Accepted Answer

A)  pictures of themselves in profile
B)  pictures of themselves with other attractive women
C)  pictures of their mirror image
D)  pictures of themselves with other attractive menE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Physical attractiveness is more important to men than it is to women when seeking an opposite-sex dating partner.
B)  Physical attractiveness is more important to women than it is to men when seeking an opposite-sex dating partner.
C)  Physical attractiveness is equally important to men and women.
D)  Men would rather be with a woman who is extroverted than a woman who is attractive.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 17

In Rubin's research,"strong-love" couples differed from "weak-love" couples in that they

Accepted Answer

A)  talked more to each other.
B)  gazed more into each other's eyes.
C)  smiled less at each other.
D)  displayed more jealousy.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

Which of the following best expresses the meaning of the physical attractiveness stereotype?

Accepted Answer

A)  What is beautiful is good.
B)  What is beautiful is unpredictable.
C)  What is beautiful is superficial.
D)  What is beautiful is untouchable.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 19

If you are new in the office and want to make new friends,your best bet is to get a desk

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A)  that is smaller than that of anyone else.
B)  in the quietest corner of the office.
C)  near where people hang out.
D)  next to the air conditioner.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Summarize the research on physical attractiveness and attraction.

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Exam 11: Attraction and Intimacy: Liking and Loving Others

Which item is NOT one of the aspects of love in Sternberg's theory of love?

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Which of the following is false?

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Any truth that may be associated with the what-is-beautiful-is-good stereotype is likely the result of

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According to the two-factor theory of emotion,being aroused by _______ should intensify passionate feelings.

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Which of the following proverbs is clearly NOT supported by the research findings?

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Mita et al.(1977) asked women to select which of a series of pictures taken of them they preferred.Which photographs were women most likely to select?

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Explain how the two-factor theory accounts for passionate love.

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Williams and Nida (2001) found that when ostracized during an online Frisbee-like game,players were _______ to conform to others' wrong judgments on a subsequent perceptual task.

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Which of the following statements is true?

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In an experiment by Zajonc and his colleagues,participants were exposed to brief novel passages of music while they focused their attention on other tasks.Results indicated that mere exposure led to liking

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When comparing ourselves and others to models and "beautiful" people in the media,we

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Research has shown that we guess _______ people are happier,sexually warmer,more outgoing,and successful.

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April's father reads her stories where the heroine is beautiful and the villain is hideous.April's father may unwittingly helping April develop the

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In Rubin's research,"strong-love" couples differed from "weak-love" couples in that they

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Hatfield gave university women evaluations,affirming the self-esteem of some and wounding others with negative evaluations.Each participant was then asked to evaluate a man who had earlier asked her for a date.Women whose evaluations had been _______ expressed _______ the man.

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Functional distance refers to

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If you are new in the office and want to make new friends,your best bet is to get a desk

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We like people with whom we associate good feelings.This fact is consistent with the ___________ theory of attraction.

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Which of the following best expresses the meaning of the physical attractiveness stereotype?

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Summarize the research on physical attractiveness and attraction.

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