Question 1

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The most responses to personal advertisements are likely to be received by ________.

  

David because he emphasizes his kind and sensitive nature

   

Mark because he emphasizes his physical attractiveness

   

Bill because he emphasizes his income and education

 

What Leads to Friendship and Attraction?

  

Tony because he emphasizes his athletic accomplishments

 

 

Question 2

1 / 1 pts

According to Schachter and Singer's (1962) two-factor theory of emotion, where should you take a person you really like on a first date?

  

a restaurant for a candlelit dinner

   

your favorite fast food restaurant

   

an amusement park

 

What Is Love?

  

a romantic-comedy movie

 

 

Question 3

1 / 1 pts

Scarlett, a middle-aged woman, panics when she is in a critical situation, whereas her partner, Hannah, has a positive outlook. Hannah is calm, and she consoles and encourages Scarlett whenever they face a problem. In the context of attraction, Hannah and Scarlett exhibit ________ in this scenario.

  

ingratiation

   

deindividuation

   

altruism

   

complementarity

 

What Leads to Friendship and Attraction?

 

Question 4

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Baumeister and others (2001) sum up their research by noting that in everyday life, ________ events have stronger and more lasting consequences than comparable ________ events.

  

sad; fun

   

good; bad

   

bad; good

 

What Leads to Friendship and Attraction?

  

fun; sad

 

 

Question 5

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Henry and Ellie, two middle-aged adults, have been married for two years. Both of them work. They share their household chores; on Sundays, they both cook and eat together. They do their laundry together and thus, get to spend time with each other while doing unexciting chores. Which of the following is most likely exhibited by Henry and Ellie in this scenario?

  

complementarity

   

equity

 

What Enables Close Relationships?

  

loyalty

   

reciprocity

 

 

Question 6

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Benjamin, a young doctor, marries a pretty girl. He assumes that she would also be very kind. Gradually, he realizes that she does not possess other socially desirable traits. Which of the following does Benjamin most likely possess in this scenario?

  

a physical-attractiveness stereotype

 

What Leads to Friendship and Attraction?

  

pluralistic ignorance

   

the overjustification effect

   

an illusion of transparency

 

 

Question 7

1 / 1 pts

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:

  

even when people were unaware of what they had been exposed to.

 

What Leads to Friendship and Attraction?

  

only when people were consciously attending to the exposed stimulus.

   

unless background stimuli created a distraction and interfered with the processing of the task.

   

only when the exposed stimulus was task related.

 

 

Question 8

1 / 1 pts

In the context of similarity, which of the following is true of people who like another person?

  

Liking is explicit when it is one-sided.

   

Similarity influences short-term attraction.

   

Proximity influences initial attraction.

 

What Leads to Friendship and Attraction?

  

Attractiveness does not influence initial attraction.

 

 

Question 9

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Which statement related to attraction and liking is true?

  

Attraction is not influenced by irrelevant factors, such as physical attractiveness.

   

Attraction depends, primarily, on finding someone who possesses values that balance your values.

   

Most people are attracted to people who express liking for them.

 

What Leads to Friendship and Attraction?

  

In general, people like those who are dissimilar to them.

 

 

Question 10

1 / 1 pts

One national survey found that 86 percent of those who were unhappily married, but who stayed with the marriage, were when reinterviewed five years later:

  

mostly "very" or "quite" happy.

How Do Relationships End?

  

preparing to divorce.

   

mostly "very" unhappy.

  

resigned to the situation.

 

 

Question 11

1 / 1 pts

Hatfield defines ________ as a state of intense longing for union with another.

  

commitment

   

passionate love

 

What Is Love?

  

attraction anxiety

   

intimate attraction

 

 

Question 12

1 / 1 pts

According to Aronson's view, which of the following is true of attribution?

  

Constant approval improves the value of a relationship.

   

As a relationship ripens toward greater intimacy, what becomes increasingly important is authenticity.

 

What Leads to Friendship and Attraction?

  

A loved one whom a person has doted on is easy to reward but hard to hurt.

   

An open, honest relationship is less likely to offer continuing rewards than one dulled by the suppression of unpleasant emotions.