Attraction Flashcards
The strength of our liking/loving for another person is called:
Interpersonal attraction
The ‘ultimate’ theory states the evolutionary purpose of attraction (i.e. why it exists), whereas the ‘proximate’ theory states its biological precursors (i.e. how it works.) True or false?
True
The purpose of attraction for mating would be an example of what type of theory?
Ultimate
Buss & Schmitt’s (1993/2019) sexual strategies theory suggests that women and men having different mating strategies due to differing adaptive problems. True or false?
True
I perceive myself to be a happy and optimistic person, therefore I am attracted to potential partners who also see me as happy and optimistic. This is an example of which theory?
Self-verification theory
According to the social exchange theory, relationship satisfaction depends on the balance between which two factors?
Rewards; costs
The mutual exchange of benefits is known as:
Reciprocal altruism
The ability to attract “high-status” partners is limited by the principles of which psychological phenomenon?
Social exchange
We tend to prefer people who seem to like us about as much as we like them. True or false?
True
The social role theory states that gender expectations and differences remain innate over time. True or false?
False; social roles are not fixed and can be adapted
Langlois & Roggman (1990) found that as more faces were entered into the composite:
They became more attractive
The idea that people are more attracted to things that are easier to identify comes from:
The perceptual fluency theory
According to evolution, it is ______ to be attracted to people with average faces:
Advantageous
2 long-term problems for women, as suggested by Buss & Schmitt’s (1993) sexual strategies theory, are:
Parental investment; physical protection
2 long-term problems for men, as suggested by Buss & Schmitt’s (1993) sexual strategies theory, are:
Reproductive value; paternity
