Self Test for Attraction & Intimacy: Liking & Loving Others  

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1. Which of the following proverbs finds greatest support in the research on social attraction?

 “familiarity breeds contempt.”
 “birds of a feather flock together.”
 “you can’t tell a book by its cover.”
 “absence makes the heart grow fonder.”

2. The fact that we like those people whom we associate with good feelings is most clearly consistent 
with which of the following theories of attraction? 

 reward theory 
 two-factor theory 
 James-Lange theory 
 cognitive dissonance theory 

3. Being excluded, avoided, or given the silent treatment leads people to 

 experience anger & indignation. 
 feel a sense of humor at the situation. 
 experience a depressed mood & anxiety. 
 ignore the relationship & make no effort to restore it. 

4. Functional distance refers to 

 how often people’s paths cross. 
 the natural geographic route between two locations. 
 the distance between peoples' homes “as the crow flies.” 
 the direction & route of travel one uses when deliberately seeking out a given person. 

5. Acts of excluding or ignoring are called 

 bullying. 
 ostracism. 
 loneliness. 
 avoidant attachment. 

6. Research on proximity & social attraction generally supports the view that 

 familiarity leads to liking. 
 familiarity breeds contempt. 
 distance makes the heart grow fonder. 
 proximity leads to affection & animosity with equal frequency. 

7. Small average differences between attractive & unattractive people in areas like 
self-confidence & social skills are probably the result of 

 self-fulfilling prophecies. 
 psychological reactance to social expectations. 
 social & economic differences in family background. 
 personality traits that are genetically linked with physical appearance. 

8. Studies of computer composites of faces show that 

 perfectly average is quite attractive. 
 perfectly average is quite unattractive. 
 modest caricatures of attractive features are quite unattractive. 
 no relationship between average characteristics & attractiveness exists. 

9. The mere-exposure effect works with which of the following stimuli? 

 people’s faces 
 musical selections 
 nonsense syllables 
 all of these! 

10. To men who have recently been viewing pornographic material, average women seem _______ attractive, confirming 
the _______.

•  less; contrast effect 
 •  more; contrast effect 
  •  less; mere exposure effect 
   •  more; mere exposure effect
   
11. Which of the following is associated with physical attractivness?

•  personality characteristics 
 •  the likelihood of HIV infection 
  •  popularity/good interpersonal skills 
   •  masculinity in men/femininity in women
   
12. Which of the following statments is true?

•  There is little support for the similarity-attraction hypothesis. 
 •  Research finds that people who like each other are no more similar in attitudes than randomly matched pairs. 
  •  The tendency to like others who agree with us has been shown in cultures as diverse as Japan, Mexico, & the U.S. 
   •  Studies have shown that the number of shared attitudes is important in determining liking, but not the proportion of 
   shared attitudes.
   
13. The tendency for people to choose as partners persons who possess attributes similar to their own is known as the 

•  equity hypothesis. 
 •  matching hypothesis. 
  •  complementarity hypothesis. 
   •  need compatibility hypothesis.
   
14. John was new on campus & wanted to start meeting other students, so he started:

•  sitting in the middle of the class. 
 •  talking as much as possibe in class. 
  •  looking for lonely people with whom to converse. 
   •  sharing her homework with students who were behind in their classes.
   
15. If you saw a funny movie with someone, you would

•  like the film more. 
 •  like the person more. 
  •  think that the person was funny. 
   •  respond to the person as you normally would.

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1. Eros is to _____________ as storge is to _____________.
 
 friendship; game playing
 passion; game playing
 game playing; passion
 passion; friendship

note: In social psychology, storge is a form of loving evolved from friendship. Storge (from the Greek) is 
the word for familial love, such as the love of a parent toward a child.  

2. Robert Sternberg views love as a triangle whose 3 sides include all but which of the following? 

 passion 
 intimacy 
 attachment 
 commitment 

3. ___________ is a state of intense longing for union with another. 

 storge love
 passionate love 
 attraction anxiety 
 intimate attraction 

4. The two-factor theory of emotion suggests that passionate love can be increased by 

 mere exposure. 
 physical arousal. 
 secure attachment. 
 the matching phenomenon. 

5. When benefits are proportional to contributions in a relationship, 

 equity exists. 
 mutuality exists. 
 equality necessarily exists. 
 companionate love exists. 

6. The tendency for one person’s intimacy of self-disclosure to match that of a conversational 
partner is called 

 reciprocal exchange. 
 disclosure reciprocity. 
 mutual self-revelation. 
 the matching phenomenon. 

7. To marry for “as long as we both shall love” is more characteristic of 

 men than women. 
 individualists than collectivists. 
 collectivists than individualists. 
 the wealthy than the middle-class. 

8. Sustained satisfaction in close relationships depends on 
 
 the religiosity of the partners. 
 the time & effort people put into them. 
 maintaining equality of each partner’s inputs. 
 a certain amount of complementarity between partners. 

9. Self-disclosure involves 

 closing down emotionally. 
 revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others. 
 protecting oneself by closing off part of oneself from others. 
 stopping oneself from getting involved in an intimate relationship. 

10. According to research friendships & romantic relationships that form on the Internet are

•  less likely to last for at least 2 years. 
 •  more likely to last for at least 2 years. 
  •  more likely to lead to marriage within 6 months. 
   •  more likely to end in disappointment & disillusionment.
   
11. _____________ "is a deep & vital emotion resulting from significant need satisfaction, coupled with a caring for 
& acceptance of the beloved & resulting in an intimate relationship." 

•  Love 
 •  Emotion 
  •  Affection 
   •  Erotic Attachment
   
12. ________ is to companionate love as ________ is to intimate love. 

•  superficiality; depth 
 •  depth; superficiality 
  •  arousal; self-disclosure 
   •  self-disclosure; arousal 
   
13. Which of the following is not a John Alan Lee love style?

•  ludus 
 •  storge 
  •  pragma 
   •  lleuranois
   
14. Men

•  fall more readily in love. 
 •  fall out of love more slowly than women. 
  •  are less likely to break up a premarital romance. 
   • do all of the above.
 
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                             Social Psychology
                               Robert C. Gates