Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
chapter ten
Social Psych
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| propinquity effect | The finding that the more we see and interact with people, the more likely they are to become our friends. |
| mere exposure effect | The finding that the more exposure we have to a stimulus, the more apt we are to like it. |
| Social Exchange Theory | The idea that people’s feelings about a relationship depend on their perceptions of the rewards and costs of the relationship, the kind of relationship they deserve, and their chances for having a better relationship with someone else. |
| Comparison Level | People’s expectations about the level of rewards and punishments they are likely to receive in a particular relationship |
| Comparison Level for Alternatives | People’s expectations about the level of rewards and punishments they would receive in an alternative relationship. |
| Equity Theory | The idea that people are happiest with relationships in which the rewards and costs experienced and the contributions made by both parties are roughly equal |
| Companionate Love | The intimacy and affection we feel when we care deeply for a person but do not experience passion or arousal in the person’s presence. |
| Passionate Love | An intense longing we feel for a person, accompanied by physiological arousal; when our love is reciprocated, we feel great fulfillment and ecstasy, but when it is not, we feel sadness and despair. |
| Evolutionary Approach to Love | derived from evolutionary bio that holds that men and women are attracted to diff characteristics in each other (men are attracted by women’s appearance; women are attracted by men’s resources) because this maximizes their chances of reproductive success. |
| Evolutionary Psychology | The attempt to explain social behavior in terms of genetic factors that evolved over time according to the principles of natural selection. |
| Attachment Styles | The expectations people develop about relationships with others, based on the relationship they had with their primary caregiver when they were infants. |
| Secure Attachment Styles | An attachment style characterized by trust, a lack of concern with being abandoned, and the view that one is worthy and well liked. |
| Avoidant Attachment Style | An attachment style characterized by a suppression of attachment needs, because attempts to be intimate have been rebuffed; people with this style find it difficult to develop intimate relationships |
| Anxious/Ambivalent Attachment Style | An attachment style characterized by a concern that others will not reciprocate one’s desire for intimacy, resulting in higher-than-average levels of anxiety |
| Investment Model | ppl’s commitment to a relation depends not only on their satisfaction w da relation in terms of rewards costs&comparison level&their comparison level for alternatives but also on how much dey hav invested in the relationship dat would b lost by leaving it |
| Exchange Relationships | Relationships governed by the need for equity (i.e., for an equal ratio of rewards and costs) |
| Communal Relationships | Relationships in which people’s primary concern is being responsive to the other person’s needs. |
| When you were eight years old, chances are you were best friends with someone who lived on your block. Social psychologists would attribute this to: | the propinquity effect. |
| In their study of “blind dates,” Elaine Hatfield and her colleagues (1966) found that an individual’s desire to date his or her partner again was best predicted by the partner’s: | physical attractiveness. |
| Research has found all of the following facial features to be considered physically attractive EXCEPT: | wide cheeks. |
| Social exchange theory maintains that people are happiest with relationships when: | the perceived rewards of the relationship outweigh the perceived costs of the relationship. |
| When the rewards and costs a person experiences and the contributions he/she makes to the relationship are roughly equal to the rewards, costs, and contributions of the other person, the relationship is: | equitable. |
| Mindy broke up with her boyfriend Mark because she believed she could have a better relationship with Ken. This illustrates | comparison level for alternatives. |
| People are likely to remain committed to an intimate relationship even if they are dissatisfied with it and even if alternative relationships look promising if: | they have invested heavily in the relationship. |
| In a happy communal relationship, partners believe that equity: | will be maintained in the long run. |
| At the end of a romantic relationship, who is most likely to want to remain friends with his/her ex-lover? | a female whose partner has taken responsibility for the breakup |
| The desire to be validated and the conclusions we draw about people’s characters based on their attitudes lead us to prefer people whose attitudes: | are similar to our own. |
| The comparison level for alternatives is based on: | expectations about the level of rewards and punishments you would receive if you were in a different relationship. |
| A tit-for-tat equity norm governs ____ relationships. | exchange |
| Attachment styles are the expectations people develop about: | relationships with others based on the relationship they had with their primary caregiver when they were infants. |
| An individual who has an anxious/ambivalent attachment style: | wants to become very close to his/her partner but worries that his/her affections will not be returned. |
| Which of the following is the final step in Duck’s (1982) process of relationship dissolution? | forming an account of how and why the breakup occurred |
| An approach which states that men are attracted by women’s appearance and that women are attracted by men’s resources is the: | evolutionary approach to love. |
| The more times we see someone, the more inclined we are to like the person. This is called the ____ effect. | mere exposure |
| According to a 2006 study by Leskovec and Horvitz, _____ degrees of separation appear to explain quite well how interconnected people are in this media age. | 6 (or 7) |
| Which of the following is true regarding cultural standards that dictate which facial characteristics are considered beautiful? | Some cross-cultural agreement exists in what makes up a beautiful or a handsome face AND Standards of beauty may reflect people’s preferences for the familiar over the unfamiliar. |
| Which of the following is FALSE regarding assumptions people have about attractive people? | The concern for physical attractiveness affects men’s lives more than it does women’s lives. |
| Relationship satisfaction depends on people’s comparison level or what they expect the outcome of their relationship to be in terms of: | rewards and cost |
| Intense longing and physiological arousal are to ____ love as intimacy and affection are to ____ love. | passionate;companionate |
| Chinese couples tend to value _____ love more than American couples do. | companionate |
| The Taita of Kenya, in East Africa, conceptualize romantic love as a combination of companionate love and passionate love. | true |
| Which of the following is true regarding the role of culture in defining love? | The Japanese have a term for love (amae) for which there is no equivalent word in the English language AND Fixing someone’s bicycle could be considered a romantic act in China. |
| Which of the following is FALSE regarding love in individualist versus collectivist societies? | Marrying for love is most important to participants in Eastern cultures. |
| Individuals having which of the following attachment styles have the most short-lived romantic relationships? | anxious/ambivalent |
| Individuals having which of the following attachment styles are the most likely to report never having been in love? | avoidant |
| According to the study of attachment styles and relationship success (Kirkpatrick & Davis, 1994), which of the following relationship pairs had very stable relationships? | anxious/ambivalent women involved with avoidant men |
| According to Rusbult’s (1983) investment model of commitment, which of the following is NOT a predictor of relationship commitment? | love felt towards a partner |
| In Festinger, Schacter, and Back’s study on relationships among couples in apartment buildings, they found that _____ percent of the next-door neighbors indicated they were close friends. | 41 |
| In Festinger, Schacter, and Back’s study on relationships among couples in apartment buildings, they found that _____ percent of couples who lived on opposite ends of the hall indicated they were close friends. | 10 |
| Randy did not like the new theme song for his favorite show the first time he heard it, but as the season went on, he realized he liked the song better and better. Randy’s increased liking of the theme song is due to | the mere exposure effect |
| Montoya and his colleagues found that in long-term relationships, actual similarity predicted liking and attraction better than perceived similarity did. | False |
| Johnston and colleagues found that women unconsciously respond to a more masculinized face than an average male face when their ability to conceive is high, but not when it is low. | True |
| Research on attachment styles indicates that one's genes account for ______ percent of the anxious and avoidant styles, with one's environment accounting for the rest. | 20 to 45 |
| Infants prefer photographs of attractive faces to unattractive ones. | true |
| We stereotype beautiful people as gifted in the area of social competence. Research | has supported this belief somewhat. |
| In many areas of West Africa, happily married couples do not live together in the same house, nor do they expect to sleep together every night. | true |
| Gangestad and Buss found a stronger preference for physically attractive mates in areas of the world where there is a | high prevalence of disease-transmitting parasites. |
Created by:
aelayan21