Interpersonal Attraction: Identification

Question 1

Attractive people are rated more highly on a number of valued attributes.

Answer 1

‘What is Beautiful is Good’ Stereotype

Question 2

Describes the experiences that begets attraction.

Answer 2

Rewarding

Question 3

Dating partners and spouses tend to possess similar levels of physical attractiveness.

Answer 3

The Matching Hypothesis

Question 4

Maintained by how people prefer partners of roughly the same attractiveness.

Answer 4

Equity

Question 5

Attraction often develops from chance encounters.

Answer 5

Serendipity

Question 6

Creates opportunities for people to reward one another.

Answer 6

Proximity

Question 7

Familiarity towards something.

Answer 7

Mere Exposure Effect

Question 8

A potent source of positive emotions such as love, joy, and pride.

Answer 8

Social Approval

Question 9

Engenders negative emotions such as fear, rejection, anger, and guilt.

Answer 9

Social Disapproval

Question 10

People feel most comfortable in relationships that are balanced.

Answer 10

Equity Theory

Question 11

Relationship between two people based on care, affection, and a commitment to one another.

Answer 11

Companionate Love

Question 12

Relationship involving attraction and sexual desire.

Answer 12

Passionate Love

Question 13

Situational cues that indicate that ‘love’ is the appropriate label for the feelings one is experiencing.

Answer 13

The Labelling Theory of Love

Question 14

Couples who experience strong parental interference in their relationships report greater love for one another than those with little interference.

Answer 14

The Romeo and Juliet Effect

Question 15

Intense, emotional, and passionate love.

Answer 15

Eros

Question 16

Playful love.

Answer 16

Ludos

Question 17

Friendship and companionship love.

Answer 17

Storge

Question 18

Possessive, demanding, and jealous love.

Answer 18

Mania

Question 19

Selfless love.

Answer 19

Agape

Question 20

Practical love.

Answer 20

Pragma

Question 21

A high regard for one’s own well-being and happiness.

Answer 21

Self-Love

Question 22

People compare the rewards they receive from their relationship to their costs or contributions.

Answer 22

Equity Theory

Question 23

Relationships that are stable.

Answer 23

Equitable Relationships

Question 24

Relationships that are unstable.

Answer 24

Inequitable Relationships

Question 25

Response to potentially destructive acts by the partners in a constructive way.

Answer 25

Accommodation