Question 1

Kiesler and Baral interpret their findings on the relationship between self-esteem and choice of romantic partner in which of the following ways?&#10;A) High self-esteem persons are less &#34;practical&#34; and &#34;realistic&#34; in their choice of romantic partner, which is consistent with their scores on the California Personality Inventory (CPI).&#10;B) People with high self-esteem feel threatened if someone doesn't like them and, thus, have a greater need for affection and reassurance than people with low self-esteem.&#10;C) Changes in perception of the self affect perceptions of the chances of success in choosing romantic partners.&#10;D) Their results are valid regardless of subjects' assessments of the likelihood of rejection by highly-attractive romantic partners.

Accepted Answer

Kiesler and Baral's findings suggest that changes in self-perception affect perceptions of the chances of success in choosing romantic partners. This means that individuals with higher self-esteem may have higher expectations for their romantic partners and may be more likely to choose partners they perceive as successful and attractive. However, this interpretation does not support option A, B, or D.

Question 2

Kiesler and Baral manipulated the self-esteem of the participants in their study by:&#10;A) giving them false feedback on their performance on a memory and math test.&#10;B) giving them false results on a self-esteem test administered by the Yale psychology department.&#10;C) giving them photos of either beautiful or ugly people to rate.&#10;D) having them dress in ill fitting clothing and stand in front of mirror.

Accepted Answer

Kiesler and Baral manipulated self-esteem by giving false feedback on participants' performance on a memory and math test. This suggests that the participants were led to believe that they either did well or poorly on the test, which likely influenced their level of self-esteem.

Question 3

Checks on the self-esteem manipulation, which asked subjects to rate their &#34;present emotional feelings&#34; and their performance on an intelligence test, revealed that:&#10;A) subjects in the low self-esteem condition tended to feel better than subjects in the high self-esteem condition.&#10;B) subjects in the low self-esteem condition tended to rate their test performance higher than subjects in the high self-esteem condition.&#10;C) overall, the self-esteem manipulation was not effective.&#10;D) overall, the self-esteem manipulation was effective.

Accepted Answer

The self-esteem manipulation was effective, as indicated by the checks on subjects' emotional feelings and performance ratings, which showed expected differences between the low and high self-esteem conditions.

Question 4

The main hypothesis in the Kiesler and Baral experiment on the relationship between self-esteem and attractiveness was:&#10;A) the less attractive a subject was, the lower his self-esteem would be.&#10;B) subjects would always prefer attractive partners over less-attractive partners.&#10;C) moderately attractive subjects with low self-esteem would tend to select moderately attractive partners over highly attractive partners.&#10;D) there is no relation between subjects' self-esteem and choosing an attractive partner; what matters is whether the subjects are highly attractive.

Accepted Answer

The hypothesis states that moderately attractive subjects with low self-esteem would tend to select moderately attractive partners over highly attractive partners. This suggests that self-esteem does play a role in partner selection, but only for those who are moderately attractive. Additionally, the hypothesis does not imply that less attractive individuals necessarily have lower self-esteem, nor does it suggest that all subjects will always choose attractive partners.

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