Interpersonal Attraction: True or False Flashcards
Attractive people are rated more highly on a number of valued attributes.
True
Attractive people are rated less highly on a number of valued attributes.
False
Attractive defendants are generally less likely to be convicted, and if convicted, are more likely to receive lighter sentences than their less attractive counterpart.
True
Attractive defendants are generally more likely to be convicted, and if convicted, are more likely to receive heavier sentences than their less attractive counterpart.
False
Attractive people fare better with parents and teachers, make more friends and more money and have better sex with more partners.
True
Attractive people fare worse with parents and teachers, make less friends and less money and have bad sex with less partners.
False
Beauty is not everything. If other relevant information is available, the effect of physical attractiveness is reduced or eliminated.
True
Beauty is always everything. If other relevant information is available, the effect of physical attractiveness is not reduced.
False
Generally, people prefer what is beautiful.
True
Generally, people prefer what is unattractive.
False
Associating with attractive people is rewarding.
True
Associating with attractive people is punishing.
False
Friends and romantic partners tend to be similar to each other.
True
Friends and romantic partners tend to be different to each other.
False
People tend to develop relationships with others whose personalities are similar to their own.
True
People tend to develop relationships with others whose personalities are different to their own.
False
Dating partners and spouses tend to possess similar levels of attractiveness.
True
Dating partners and spouses tend to possess different levels of attractiveness.
False
People prefer partners of roughly the same attractiveness presumably to maintain equity.
True
People prefer partners of roughly the different attractiveness presumably to maintain equity.
False
Similar others are more likely than dissimilar others to validate our self-concept and personal world view.
True
Similar others are less likely than dissimilar others to validate our self-concept and personal world view.
False
Interaction with similar others is more likely to be enjoyable since similar others are likely to share our interests and activity preferences.
True
Interaction with dissimilar others is more likely to be enjoyable since dissimilar others are likely to share our interests and activity preferences.
False
Serendipity states that attraction often develops from chance encounters.
True
Serendipity states that attraction often develops from expected encounters.
False
The more often people come into contact with each other, the more likely they are to become friends.
True
The more often people come into contact with each other, the less likely they are to become friends.
False
Proximity creates opportunities for people to reward one another, and rewarding experiences begets attraction.
True
Proximity creates opportunities for people to punish one another, and rewarding experiences fetters attraction.
False
People are attracted to others whom they believe like them.
True
People are attracted to others whom they believe dislike them.
False
People like others who like them, and dislike others who dislike them.
True
People like others who dislike them, and dislike others who like them.
False
Social approval is a potent source of positive emotions, such as love, joy, and pride.
True
Social disapproval is a potent source of positive emotions, such as love, joy, and pride.
False
Social disapproval often engenders negative emotions such as fear, rejection, anger, and guilt.
True
Social approval often engenders negative emotions such as fear, rejection, anger, and guilt.
False
Equity theory posits that people feel most comfortable in relationships that are balanced.
True
Equality theory posits that people feel most comfortable in relationships that are balanced.
False
Love includes a relatively intense physiological arousal.
True
Love includes a merely intense physiological arousal.
False
Love includes an all encompassing interest in the person.
True
Love includes an all isolated interest in the person.
False
Love includes recurring fantasies about the person.
True
Love includes infrequent fantasies about the person.
False
Love includes relatively rapid swings of emotions.
True
Love includes relatively slow swings of emotions.
False
Love includes closeness, passion, captivation, and exclusivity.
True
Love includes closeness, passion, repulsion, and exclusivity.
False
Passionate love is also called romantic love.
True
Companionate love is also called romantic love.
False
A state of intense absorption in someone is called passionate love.
True
A state of intense absorption in someone is called companionate love.
False
Passionate love includes intense physiological arousal and physiological interest.
True
Companionate love includes intense physiological arousal and physiological interest.
False
Caring for the needs of another is an example of passionate love.
True
Caring for the needs of another is an example of companionate love.
False
Couples who experience strong parental interference in their relationships report greater love for one another than those with little interference.
True
Couples who experience strong parental support in their relationships report greater love for one another than those with little support.
False
Parental interference may raise the general level of arousal between two lovers.
True
Parental support may raise the general level of arousal between two lovers.
False
Heightened physiological arousal may be
interpreted by the lovers as due to enhanced
passion for one another.
True
Lowered physiological arousal may be
interpreted by the lovers as due to enhanced
passion for one another.
False
Companionate love is more frequent and steadfast.
True
Passionate love is more frequent and steadfast.
False
Companionate love is the love that one feels for parents, siblings, best friends.
True
Companionate love is the love that one feels for a romantic partner.
False
Companionate love is relatively stable and predictable.
True
Companionate love is relatively unstable and unpredictable.
False
In companionate love, partners care deeply for one another.
True
In companionate love, partners care less for one another.
False
In companionate love, partners hold a high degree of trust for one another.
True
In companionate love, partners hold a low degree of trust for one another.
False
Companionate love is more communal rather than exchange relationship.
True
Companionate love is more exchange rather than communal relationship.
False
Companionate love can develop into passionate love.
True
Companionate love can’t develop into passionate love.
False
Self-love is a high regard for one’s own well-being and happiness.
True
Self-love is a high regard for another person’s well-being and happiness.
False
We often choose partners who remind us of significant people from our childhood, often our parents, and we set out to recreate the patterns of our childhood.
True
We often choose partners who remind us of significant people from our childhood, often our friends, and we set out to recreate the patterns of our childhood.
False
Break ups mostly happen due to unequal outcomes and unequal commitment.
True
Break ups mostly happen due to equal outcomes and equal commitment.
False
Generally, people expect to get more out of the relationship if they put more into it.
True
Generally, people expect to get more out of the relationship if they put less into it.
False
People compare their outcome (reward minus costs) to the outcomes their partners are receiving.
True
People compare their outcome (costs minus reward) to the outcomes their partners are receiving.
False
Equitable relationships will be stable.
True
Equitable relationships will be unstable.
False
Inequitable relationships will be unstable.
True
Inequitable relationships will be stable.
False
Commitment is consistently related to stability.
True
Commitment is inconsistently related to stability.
False
Equal involvement is related to greater satisfaction.
True
Equal involvement is related to lesser satisfaction.
False
Less involved partners usually initiate breakups.
True
More involved partners usually initiate breakups.
False
Life-course transitions led people to break up.
True
Life-course transitions does not led people to break up.
False
Accommodation is a response to potentially destructive acts by the partners in a constructive way.
True
Accommodation is a response to potentially constructive acts by the partners in a destructive way.
False
People stay due to rewards experienced before the relationship become dissatisfying.
True
People stay due to consequences experienced before the relationship become dissatisfying.
False
Social norms can make people stay in a relationship.
True
Social norms don’t make people stay in a relationship.
False
