Attraction and Mate selection.

Question 1

What is the Mere exposure effect?

Answer 1

We like the things we have seen before.

Question 2

True or false:

We are attracted to things that are close to use.

Answer 2

True.

Question 3

What is the key indicator of sexual attraction?

Answer 3

Physical appearance drives sexual attraction most strongly.

Question 4

What do men self-report is most important in sexual attraction, what about women?

Answer 4

Men = physical appearance

Women = other things

Question 5

True or false:

both men and women, physical appearance is the biggest indicator for physical attraction.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or false:
Men are more likely to communicate with people they find most attractive, where women are more likely to talk to people more moderate in physical attraction.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What are some of the counter forces at play that influence who we match with?

Answer 7

Matching phenomenon

• Fear of rejection
• cultural stigma

Question 8

What is the matching phenomenon?

Answer 8

We tend to partner with those who are about as attractive as we are.

Question 9

True or false:

Dispiste how we believe who we look, we can still be attracted to a VERY attractive person.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True or false:

We possess an innate bias towards things that are beautiful

Answer 10

True

Question 11

People who are more attractive are rated as _____________

Answer 11

friendly
likable
interesting
and social

Question 12

What does appearance bias lead to?

Answer 12

A self-fulfilling prophecy where more attractive people are treated as if they are nicer/friendlier.

Question 13

True or false:

We like symmetrical faces.

Answer 13

True.

Question 14

True or false:

We are more attracted to people with avarge faces.

Answer 14

True.

Question 15

What do we look for in physical attraction from the neck down?

Answer 15

waist to hip ratio of .7 for women is ideal

shoulder to hip ratio of 1.4 for men is ideal.

Question 16

We are attracted to people who have what personality traits?

Answer 16

Honest, sincere, understanding, loyal

Question 17

What are the most unattractive traits for someones personality?

Answer 17

Deceitful, malicious, dishonest.

Question 18

True or false:

People can be too much alike and that opposites attracted

Answer 18

False.

We are attracted to people who share the same values, backgrounds, and personalities.

Question 19

Over time dissimilarities within a relationship does what?

Answer 19

It disappears

Question 20

Is having complementary characteristics beneficial in relationships?

Answer 20

No not really, it is still more similarity that drives attraction rather than complementary action.

Question 21

Why is similarity attractive?

Answer 21

• it is validating, tells us what we believe is important
• easier to get along with
• we expect that they will like us.

Question 22

In what situation does similarity become unattractive.

Answer 22

When people have the same suffering as us.

- remind us of our own vulnerability.

Question 23

What is Reciprocity?

Answer 23

The fact that we like people who like us.

this is even more true when we’re pretty sure that like something that is about us. (rather than someone who like everyone)

Question 24

Why do we lean towards reciprocity?

Answer 24

Low risk of rejection

Question 25

What is the fundamental assumption of attraction?

Answer 25

We are attracted to those who presence is rewarding in to is in some way

Question 26

In social Exchange theory, what are the basics of attraction?

Answer 26

• Physical attraction
• Personal characteristics
• Similarity
• reciprocity

Question 27

in reality what can we say about partner selection, and persceptions?

Answer 27

perception is very non-involved

This is due to attraction being interpersonal

Question 28

True or false
attraction is interpersonal
mate selection is interpersonal

Answer 28

True.

Choosing a partner is dependent on yourself and the person you chose.

Question 29

Romantic attraction is more likely in certain contexts. What makes for uncovering feelings of attraction.

Answer 29

People in a situation where their heart rates are elevated.

Question 30

Duration of intended relationship have implactions for what we are looking for in a partner.

Answer 30

for women: they gain assess to more selective males by engaging in a short term relationship. But they have much higher standers

Men tend to have acsess to must more selective women by engaging in a long term relationship.

Question 31

What is Sexual strategies theory.

Answer 31

That men and women can benefit from long-term and short-term relationships but in different ways

Question 32

Summarize men and women’s attraction affinity

Answer 32

Women have higher standards for short term

men have higher standards for long term.

Question 33

How do people signal their interest in another person?

Answer 33

• Behaviors that indicate ones presence
• behaviors that indicate one’s gender
• Behaviors that express interest

Question 34

What is behavioral synchrony?

Answer 34

People mimic behaviors in people they are interested in.

Question 35

What is the key factor in signaling interest?

Answer 35

Self - disclosure.

Question 36

What are the patterns that are seen in effective self - discolsure.

Answer 36

Starts off as shallow (small talk)

moves to more personal

Then inviting variability

Question 37

what is disclosure reciprocity?

Answer 37

One person’s disclosure leads to other disclosure.

Question 38

What is Unrequited love?

Answer 38

Love that is not returned.