Question 1

Social psychologists have used the bogus stranger paradigm to study the effects of ________ on liking.

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A)   physical attractiveness
B)   proximity
C)   similarity
D)   intelligenceE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

Some historians believe that the idea that romantic love should precede marriage

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A)   results in transactional marriages.
B)   is not a recipe for long-term marital satisfaction.
C)   has a long history in Western culture.
D)   is relatively recent, emerging only in the past five hundred years or so.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

According to the textbook,there are three main predictors of attraction.Which of the following is NOT one of these three predictors?

Accepted Answer

A)   similarity
B)   physical attractiveness
C)   attachment
D)   proximityE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Which of the following is most likely to be due to the mere exposure effect?

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A)   Museum visitors have especially favorable attitudes toward paintings that they view at the end of their visit.
B)   The public immediately prefers a company's new logo to the existing logo.
C)   Radio listeners like a song the station plays multiple times more than they like a song the station plays only once or twice.
D)   Students memorize humorous poems faster than dramatic poems.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Consider the following quote from William Whyte in The Organization Man: "Despite the fact that a person can pick and choose from a vast number of people to make friends with,such things as the placement of a stoop or the direction of a street often have more to do with determining who is friends with whom." This quote captures the essence of how ________ can influence relationships.

Accepted Answer

A)   similarity
B)   proximity
C)   attractiveness
D)   physicalityE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Kareem tends to idealize his husband,which means that he

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A)   underestimates his husband's virtues.
B)   accurately perceives his husband's virtues and faults.
C)   overestimates his husband's virtues and underestimates his faults.
D)   overestimates his husband's virtues and accurately perceives his faults.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Leon finds himself attracted to women whose physical appearances suggest that they are very healthy.Evolutionary theorists would argue that,whether he realizes it or not,Leon is attending to the ________ of the women he encounters.

Accepted Answer

A)   biological readiness
B)   complementarity
C)   reproductive fitness
D)   kinship selectivityE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Jim was just convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol.He may be given a lighter jail sentence if he

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A)   is physically attractive.
B)   is happy and confident.
C)   sits far away from the jury.
D)   wears light-colored clothing.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

Identify and define the so-called Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and explain why they are toxic to relationships.

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Question 10

Which of the following is one of the behaviors discussed in the text that couples can do to build stronger romantic bonds?

Accepted Answer

A)   being playful with each other
B)   sharing and capitalizing on the good things in each other's lives
C)   idealizing each other
D)   All of the answers are correct.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Recall that through either photographic or computer technology,researchers can make a composite (or "averaged") face out of any number of individual faces.When people are asked to rate the attractiveness of composite faces relative to individual faces,

Accepted Answer

A)   men tend to prefer composite faces, but women tend to prefer individual faces.
B)   men tend to prefer individual faces, but women tend to prefer composite faces.
C)   regardless of sex, people tend to prefer individual faces.
D)   regardless of sex, people tend to prefer composite faces.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Explain Rusbult's investment model of commitment and describe how each of the three determinants influences commitment.

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Question 13

In a study conducted by Aron and his colleagues (2000) ,married couples engaged in one of two tasks: either they were tied together with Velcro and required to move a soft ball positioned between their heads across a long mat,or they each had to push a ball on their own across the mat with a stick.Couples in the first condition reported higher marital satisfaction after completing the task compared to couples in the second condition.How did the researchers interpret these results?

Accepted Answer

A)   The first task encouraged participants to capitalize on the good in their relationship.
B)   The first task made couples physically closer, which led them to feel psychologically closer.
C)   The first task was more arousing, leading to a misattribution of arousal to feelings about one's partner.
D)   The first task was more challenging, leading couples to feel more pride after completing it.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Physically attractive people generally feel ________ than people who are comparatively less attractive.

Accepted Answer

A)   happier
B)   less stressed
C)   more in control of their lives
D)   All of the answers are correct.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Identified by John Gottman and Robert Levenson (1999) ,the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse refer to

Accepted Answer

A)   global values and attitudes that predict divorce rates.
B)   personality traits that predict infidelity.
C)   interpersonal behaviors that predict relationship problems.
D)   demographic characteristics that predict infidelity.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Tamara has been married to Josh for seven years.They have three children,own a house together,and have many mutual friends.According to the investment model of commitment,Tamara may be hesitant to end her marriage,even if she is dissatisfied,because of

Accepted Answer

A)   her idealization of her partner.
B)   the availability of potential alternative partners.
C)   the magnitude of her investment.
D)   her belief that divorce is immoral.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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