Exam 2

Question 1

What is Attraction?

Answer 1

It’s a motivational state that draws people together. It predisposes positive feeling, thinking, behaving toward another.

Question 2

What is Physical Attraction?

Answer 2

Attraction based on the way someone physically appears “I like the way you look.”

Question 3

What is Social Attraction?

Answer 3

Attraction based on someone’s social likability “I want to hang out with you.”

Question 4

What is Relational Attraction?

Answer 4

Attraction based on the desire to start a romantic relationship with.

Question 5

What is Fatal Attraction?

Answer 5

Attraction that ends up being misplaced and untrue. “I hate what I thought I was attracted to.”

Question 6

What do you have when you have task, physical, and social attraction?

Answer 6

Global Attraction

Question 7

What types of attractions creates relational attraction?

Answer 7

Social and physical

Question 8

What is TASK-oriented attraction?

Answer 8

An attraction based on the desire of collaborating with another person “I want to work with you.”

Question 9

What are the target characteristics affecting physical attraction?

Answer 9

• More aesthetically pleasing to look at.
• More socially skilled and rewarding with partners.
• Associating with highly attractive partners and rewarding.
• People assume that attractive people are good.

Question 10

What are universally attractive physical features?

Answer 10

-Generic faces
-Women w/youthful, immature facial features
-Men w/large eyes, prominent cheek bones, large chins, broad smiles
-symmetry
Waist-to-hip ratio (70%)

Question 11

What are the two components that influence global attraction?

Answer 11

1) Feelings of affection for another based on warmth and 2) feelings of respect based on competence

Question 12

People who score high on both dimensions are considered as:

Answer 12

most attractive.

Question 13

What are the environmental variables of attraction?

Answer 13

Crowdedness
Loudness
Darkness
Disinhibition

Question 14

What’s the danger of the environmental variables?

Answer 14

A misattribution of arousal.

Question 15

What is flirtation?

Answer 15

The method of indirectly communicating your attraction to another person.

Question 16

True or false: You should flirt in your established relationships

Answer 16

True.

Question 17

True or false: People tend to trust nonverbal information more than verbal information?

Answer 17

true

Question 18

What is the percentage range of meaning being communicated nonverbally?

Answer 18

60 and 90%

Question 19

Why is flirting interactions considered useful?

Answer 19

Because nonverbal information is ambiguous, thus less risky than verbal information.

Question 20

What are the key nonverbal behaviors associated with flirting?

Answer 20

Gazing, smiling, warm vocal tones, and close distancing.

Question 21

What is the Attentiveness theme of Flirting and Courtship?

Answer 21

Catch eye contact then look away, so that I’m not staring at you.
“I am aware of you and am acknowledging you.”

Question 22

What is the Approachability theme of Flirting and Courtship?

Answer 22

Communicating that I am a safe person to interact with.

“I am open to the possibility of communicating with you.”

Question 23

What is the Submissiveness theme of Flirting and Courtship?

Answer 23

Body language and positioning is open.

“I am not trying to be aggressive or threatening to you.”

Question 24

What are the 5 stages that couples pass through when attempting to flirt or court?

Answer 24

• Attention
• Courtship Readiness
• Positioning
• Invitations and Sexual Arousal
• Resolution

Question 25

What is the goal of the Attention Stage?

Answer 25

To secure other's attention and make the best possible impression.

Question 26

True or false: gaining attention can either be obtained accidentally or purposefully?

Answer 26

True

Question 27

What are Attention-getting behaviors?

Answer 27

Glancing Tentative smiling Primping/preening

Question 28

What are the factors affecting attraction?

Answer 28

Target Characteristics, Environmental factors, observer characteristics

Question 28

What occurs in the Courtship Readiness Stage?

Answer 28

Partner initiating flirtation decides if target is approachable.

Question 28

In the Courtship Readiness Stage, could the initiator be rebuffed and/or met with negativity?

Answer 28

Yes, because there is no guarantee that the target has received the flirting in a positive, in-his-favor sort of way, so he/she can react negatively.

Question 28

What are the behavior indicators of Courtship Readiness?

Answer 28

``` Sustained mutual gaze Smiling Raised eyebrows More direct body orientation Head tilting toward target More primping (sucking in stomachs, arranging of clothing/hair, etc) ```

Question 28

What occurs during the positioning stage?

Answer 28

Contact has been made, increase availability to each other; decreased availability to everyone else, and cornering off.

Question 28

Despite mutual acknowledgement of attraction, what is still occurring?

Answer 28

Interaction is still ambiguous and cautious.

Question 28

What are the behavioral indicators of the positioning stage?

Answer 28

``` Forward Leaning Close distancing Gazing and smiling Gesturing and expressive voices Lowered voices Synchrony ```

Question 28

What occurs during the Invitations and Sexual Arousal stage?

Answer 28

It's an indication that sexual interaction is desired. While its initiated by touch, it's still considered ambiguous. There is an increase in intimacy (carrying/clutching activities, grooming partner, acting sexually provocative)

Question 29

What are the behavioral indicators of the Invitations and Arousal stage?

Answer 29

Clutching/carry (carrying books/bag, holding hands, leaning on other) Grooming (tag tucking, brushing away stray hair) Activing Provocative (revealing more skin, touching partner)

Question 30

What occurs in the Resolution Stage?

Answer 30

The acceptance of invitation for sexual interaction.

Question 31

What happens if the Resolution Stage is not met?

Answer 31

The first four stages are known as a quasi-courtship, due to misinterpretation of cues.

Question 32

What does Henningsen argue about flirtation?

Answer 32

That not all flirting behavior is sexually motivated.

Question 33

What are the six motivations for flirting (according to Henningsen)?`

Answer 33

- Sex - Fun - Exploring (Experimental stage of Knapp's Model) - Relational (Flirt with someone that you have a relationship with so you can escalate the relationship) - Esteem - Instrumental (Goal-driven; I am trying to achieve some objective of mine)

Question 34

How do men misinterpret flirtation?

Answer 34

Men, more than women, perceive flirting as sexually motivated.

Question 35

How do women misinterpret flirtation?

Answer 35

Women, more than men, perceive flirting as useful purposes of fun and relationship-building.

Question 36

How do men AND women misinterpret flirtation?

Answer 36

Men and women equally perceive flirting as having instrumental, exploring and esteem functions.