Deck 37: A: Reading

Question 1

Dutton and Aron discuss two major problems with their first experiment that led them to refine their procedure in Experiment 2. Which of the following was one of those two problems?

A) Experimental subjects may have been less likely to contact the female interviewer for a date because they were more likely to be local residents who knew about the experiments.
B) A difference in subject populations-that is, people who crossed the suspension bridge may have been different from those who crossed the control bridge.
C) The suspension bridge tended to attract tourists, many of whom were foreign visitors who were unable to communicate properly with the female interviewer.
D) The fact that the male and female interviewers in Experiment 1 obtained an identical pattern of results suggested to Dutton and Aron that something was wrong with their procedures in the first experiment.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Dutton and Aron's series of three experiments on sexual attraction and emotional arousal was designed to test which of the following hypotheses?

A) An attractive woman will be seen as more attractive by men who encounter her as they are experiencing a calm, relaxed physiological and emotional state.
B) An attractive woman will be seen as more attractive when she is perceived to be in distress and needs help.
C) An attractive man will show a preference for a less-attractive partner when he is in a state of physiological and emotional arousal.
D) An attractive woman will be seen as more attractive by men who encounter her when they are experiencing strong physiological and emotional arousal.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Male participants in Experiment 1 of the Dutton and Aron "Swaying Bridge" study:

A) were just as likely to stop to be interviewed by the male and female experimenter.
B) had more sexual imagery in their stories with the male compared to the female experimenter.
C) were more likely to call back the female experimenter than the male experimenter.
D) were more likely to stand on the bridge while talking with the female experimenter compared to the male experimenter.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Dutton and Aron found it necessary to conduct a third experiment, this time in a laboratory setting, mainly because of their inability to control for:

A) poor weather conditions, which caused the field experiment to be delayed several times.
B) the possibility that the female interviewer may have acted differently toward the two groups of subjects by exhibiting different forms of nonverbal behavior.
C) the amount of time that the interviewer spent with subjects in each condition.
D) the attractiveness of experimental subjects, who could not be screened for "good looks" in the field setting, as they could in a laboratory setting.

Question 5

In discussing the theoretical implications of their findings on the emotion-sexual attraction link, Dutton and Aron argue that their results best support which of the following theories?

A) cognitive labeling of emotion theory
B) actor-observer theory
C) the self-fulfilling prophecy
D) deindividuation theory