Interpersonal Attraction

Question 1

What does propinquity (proximity) mean?

Answer 1

People you know or are close to are likely to become lovers

Question 2

What did the study about housing complexes for married couples show

Answer 2

65% of friends lived in the same building, and apartment distance and functional distance affected making friends in different areas of complex

Question 3

What is the mere exposure effect?

Answer 3

The more exposure we have to a stimulus, the more likely we are to like it

Question 4

Percevied ________ predicted liking and attraction better than actual __________.

Answer 4

similarity, similarity

Question 5

What is a better prediction of compatibility that opposites attract?

Answer 5

“birds of a feather flock together”

Question 6

What is a huge factor in choosing a partner

Answer 6

Physical attractiveness

Question 7

_________ is very attractive; serves as markers of good health and reproductive fitness.

Answer 7

Symmetry

Question 8

What is the reasoning behind “what is beautiful is good”?

Answer 8

Looks affect the attibutions we make towards people (We see good looking people in a fovorable light)

Question 9

Describe evolutionary psychology.

Answer 9

attempt to explain social behavior in terms of genetic factors that have evolved over time

Question 10

Name the 3 attachment styles

Answer 10

Secure, avoidant and anxious

Question 11

Describe a secure attachment style

Answer 11

Caregivers are responsive to infant’s needs and show positive emotion interacting with them

Question 12

Describe avoidant attachment style

Answer 12

caregivers are aloof and distant

Question 13

Describe anxious attachment style

Answer 13

caregivers are inconsistent and overbearing. Infants can’t predict when they will get care.

Question 14

What is social exchange theory?

Answer 14

how ppl feel about a relationship will depend on their perceptions of the rewards they receive from it, their perceptions of the costs they incur and their beliefs regarding what kind of relationship they deserve.

Question 15

What is a comparison level?

Answer 15

What you expect the outcome to be in terms of rewards and costs

Question 16

People with higher comparison levels are likely to do what?

Answer 16

They are likely to break up with current partner and search for better alternatives

Question 17

Define the investment model.

Answer 17

The greater investment people have in a relationship, the less likely they are to leave, even if they are unhappy

Question 18

Define equity theory

Answer 18

people in relationships need to give as much as they get

Question 19

Interactions between new acquaintences are governed by equity concerns called _____________.

Answer 19

exchange relation

Question 20

Name the 4 stages of relationship dissolution and briefly describe them

Answer 20

Intrapersonal: internal thoughts about why you want to break up with the person

Dyadic: Having a conversation with the person detailing why it isn’t working for you

Social: Telling friends and family that you have broken up

Intrapersonal: Again internally detailing why it was for the best

Question 21

Describe Gottman’s Four Horseman of the Apocalypse

Answer 21

Stonewalling, comtempt, defensiveness, criticism

Can predict divorce with up to 83% accuracy

Question 22

If you have high commitment you are less likely to _________

Answer 22

leave your partner

Question 23

Name some factors that influence comparison levels

Answer 23

Past relationships, self esteem, The Notebook