Question 1

The androcentric bias prevalent in early attractiveness research meant that most research focused on &#8230;&#10;A) culturally-bound perceptions about attractiveness&#10;B) men's perceptions of women's attractiveness&#10;C) women's perceptions of men's attractiveness&#10;D) LGBTQ individuals' perceptions of attractiveness

Accepted Answer

D

Question 2

Cues to a woman's fertility include all of the following, except &#8230;&#10;A) height&#10;B) shiny hair&#10;C) full lips&#10;D) clear skin

Accepted Answer

Height is not a reliable cue to a woman's fertility. Other cues that are considered reliable include shiny hair, full lips, and clear skin. These physical characteristics are thought to indicate a woman's overall health status and reproductive potential.

Question 3

Because of their parental investment women should be attracted to men with &#8230;&#10;A) thick hair&#10;B) high cheekbones&#10;C) dimples&#10;D) beards

Accepted Answer

B

Question 4

An organism's ability to resist parasitic infection (and indicator of good health) is known as ...&#10;A) heterozygosity&#10;B) inclusive fitness&#10;C) prototypical behavior&#10;D) principle diversity

Accepted Answer

Heterozygosity refers to the presence of different alleles at a gene locus on chromosomes in a diploid organism. High levels of heterozygosity are often associated with a greater variety of immune genes, which can enhance an organism's ability to resist infections and parasites, indicating good health.

Question 5

Research indicates that the color _______ amplifies men's perceptions of a woman's attractiveness and sexual desirability.&#10;A) purple&#10;B) blue&#10;C) red&#10;D) green

Accepted Answer

Research has shown that the color red amplifies men's perceptions of a woman's attractiveness and sexual desirability, possibly due to its association with passion and arousal.

Question 6

Ovulation seems to affect women's preferences for certain qualities in men. These preferences include all of the following except &#8230;&#10;A) deep voices&#10;B) the scent of symmetrical men&#10;C) masculinity&#10;D) high-status clothing

Accepted Answer

Research has found that during ovulation, women tend to prefer men with deeper voices, the scent of symmetrical men, and more masculine features. However, there is no evidence that ovulation affects women's preferences for high-status clothing in men.

Question 7

The process by which a prototype leads to liking and liking, in turn, leads to perceptions of familiarity is called &#8230;&#10;A) heterozygosity&#10;B) &#34;&#34;warm glow&#34;&#34; heuristic&#10;C) symmetry&#10;D) matching hypothesis

Accepted Answer

The process by which a prototype (a familiar and typical example of a person, place, or thing) leads to liking (positive emotions towards it) and liking, in turn, leads to perceptions of familiarity is called the "warm glow" heuristic. This heuristic suggests that people tend to like things that they find familiar or similar to themselves, and this liking further reinforces their perception of familiarity. The other options (heterozygosity, symmetry, matching hypothesis) do not accurately describe this process.

Question 8

The proclivity to attribute a host of positive qualities to attractve people is called the &#8230;&#10;A) fundamental attribution error&#10;B) &#34;&#34;what is beautiful is good&#34;&#34; stereotype&#10;C) &#34;&#34;warm glow&#34;&#34; heuristic&#10;D) sociocultural view

Accepted Answer

The "what is beautiful is good" stereotype is the tendency to attribute positive qualities such as kindness, intelligence, and competence to attractive people. This is a common bias in social psychology and has been well-studied. Option A is incorrect as fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency to overemphasize dispositional explanations for others' behaviors rather than situational factors. Option C is incorrect as "warm glow" heuristic refers to the positive feeling people experience when they engage in prosocial behavior such as volunteering or donating to charity. Option D is incorrect as sociocultural view is a theoretical perspective that emphasizes the role of society and culture in shaping human behavior and psychology.

Question 9

According to the &#34;&#34;what is beautiful is good&#34;&#34; stereotype, we tend to assume that highly attractive people have all of the following qualities, except &#8230;&#10;A) better parenting skills&#10;B) better jobs&#10;C) more interesting social lives&#10;D) higher intelligence

Accepted Answer

The "what is beautiful is good" stereotype assumes that highly attractive people have better jobs, more interesting social lives, and higher intelligence. However, there is no assumption or belief that attractive people are better parents.

Question 10

Highly attractive people tend to be rated more harshly with regard to all of the following, except &#8230;&#10;A) their social skills&#10;B) being materialistic&#10;C) being committed to their relationships&#10;D) their level of sympathy toward oppressed people

Accepted Answer

Highly attractive people are often perceived more positively in many aspects, including their social skills, due to the halo effect, where one positive characteristic (like physical attractiveness) leads to biased assumptions of other positive traits.

Question 11

Which of the following is a disadvantage of being attractive?&#10;A) the likelihood of getting a good job&#10;B) the tendency to receive harsher penalties for legal infractions&#10;C) rejection by same-sex peers&#10;D) being perceived as more honest by others

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following is a disadvantage...

Question 12

Which of the following explains why our perceptions of an average-looking person can be adversely affected by prior exposure to a highly attractive person?&#10;A) the &#34;&#34;warm glow&#34;&#34; heuristic&#10;B) contrast effects&#10;C) the &#34;&#34;what is beautiful is good&#34;&#34; stereoytpe&#10;D) fundamental attribution error

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following explains why our...

Question 13

For contrast effects to work, the viewing of an attractive target &#8230;&#10;A) must precede the viewing of an average person&#10;B) must be noticed by the viewer&#10;C) must follow the viewing of an average person&#10;D) A and B

Accepted Answer

The answer of For contrast effects to work, the viewing...

Question 14

When embedded in a series of pictures depicting unattractive people, the average person is perceived as &#8230;&#10;A) more attractive&#10;B) less attractive&#10;C) just as attractive as when presented alone&#10;D) less attractive to children but more attractive to adults

Accepted Answer

The answer of When embedded in a series of pictures...

Question 15

Trivers (1972) suggested that men and women play the dating game according to different rules because of &#8230;&#10;A) the androcentric bias&#10;B) inclusive fitness&#10;C) parental investment&#10;D) the &#34;&#34;warm glow&#34;&#34; heuristic

Accepted Answer

The answer of Trivers (1972) suggested that men and women...

Question 16

The desire to pass on one's genes to the next generation via reproduction is called &#8230;&#10;A) the &#34;&#34;warm glow&#34;&#34; heuristic&#10;B) inclusive fitness&#10;C) heterogeneity&#10;D) androcentric bias

Accepted Answer

The answer of The desire to pass on one's genes...

Question 17

On average, women tend to prefer men with a waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) of &#8230;&#10;A) 0.6&#10;B) 0.7&#10;C) 0.8&#10;D) 0.9

Accepted Answer

The answer of On average, women tend to prefer men...

Question 18

The desire to pass one's genes on to the next generation by way of reproduction or ensuring the genetic survival of kin is called &#8230;&#10;A) evolutionary psychology&#10;B) inclusive fitness&#10;C) attraction&#10;D) adaptation

Accepted Answer

The answer of The desire to pass one's genes on...

Question 19

In general, men value ________ in a mate and women value ________ in a mate.&#10;A) physical attractiveness; the ability to acquire resources&#10;B) the ability to acquire resources; physical attractiveness&#10;C) physical attractiveness; physical attractiveness&#10;D) the ability to acquire resources; the ability to acquire resources

Accepted Answer

The answer of In general, men value ________ in a...

Question 20

Beauty/attractiveness is a sought-after feature in a potential mate because ...&#10;A) it signals good overall health&#10;B) it signals fertility&#10;C) it signals immunity to disease&#10;D) all of the above

Accepted Answer

The answer of Beauty/attractiveness is a sought-after feature in a...

Question 21

According to several studies, _________ children are generally treated more favorably by parents and teachers.&#10;A) attractive&#10;B) younger&#10;C) older&#10;D) quiet

Accepted Answer

The answer of According to several studies, _________ children are...

Question 22

Cross-cultural research has demonstrated that the attractiveness stereotype is &#8230;&#10;A) identical across all cultures&#10;B) non-existant in non-Western cultures&#10;C) likely universal, although attractiveness is defined differently in different cultures&#10;D) only prevalent in collectivist cultures

Accepted Answer

The answer of Cross-cultural research has demonstrated that the attractiveness...

Question 23

Attractiveness ratings of an individual depend partly on &#8230;&#10;A) intelligence&#10;B) the attractiveness of surrounding people&#10;C) the attractiveness of people we have previously been exposed to&#10;D) B and C

Accepted Answer

The answer of Attractiveness ratings of an individual depend partly...

Question 24

The matching hypothesis proposes that &#8230;&#10;A) we tend to date people who have a similar level of attractiveness to ourselves&#10;B) we tend to date average-looking people&#10;C) we tend to look primarily for a partner who is more attractive than ourselves&#10;D) we tend to look primarily for a partner who is less attractive than ourselves

Accepted Answer

The answer of The matching hypothesis proposes that &#8230;&#10;A) we...

Question 25

Early research on physical attractiveness focused primarily on &#8230;&#10;A) facial symmetry&#10;B) men's perceptions of women's attractiveness&#10;C) the evoutionary perspective on attraction&#10;D) the attractiveness of couples within marriage relationships

Accepted Answer

The answer of Early research on physical attractiveness focused primarily...

Question 26

In the &#34;&#34;Computer Dance Study,&#34;&#34; the only predictor of whether participants liked their dates and wanted to date that person again was their &#8230;&#10;A) date's physical attractiveness&#10;B) date's level of self-esteem&#10;C) own level of self-esteem&#10;D) own physical attractiveness

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the &#34;&#34;Computer Dance Study,&#34;&#34; the only...

Question 27

In the &#34;&#34;Computer Dance Study,&#34;&#34; participants stopped at three separate stations to show their identification, sign for their tickets, and pick up their tickets for the dance. This was done so that the researchers could &#8230;&#10;A) ensure random assignment of dates&#10;B) match highly attractive individuals with one another&#10;C) match attractive individuals with average others&#10;D) ensure inter-rater reliability

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the &#34;&#34;Computer Dance Study,&#34;&#34; participants stopped...

Question 28

Which of the following is not a female facial feature preferred by men?&#10;A) thin eybrows&#10;B) smile&#10;C) small nose&#10;D) high cheekbones

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following is not a...

Question 29

Which of the following does not influence our perceptions of others' physical atttractiveness?&#10;A) our sef-esteem&#10;B) our transient moods&#10;C) our relationship status&#10;D) our desire for a relationship

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following does not influence...

Deck 3: Physical Attraction