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
