Deck 5: Physical Appearance: Impressions of the Body

Question 1

It may be the reason we communicate, we gravitate toward more attractive individuals, and we categorize people as attractive or unattractive. What are these issues?

A) Reasons why physical appearance is important.
B) The visible aspect of our physical attractiveness.
C) The findings about the relationship between attractiveness and liking.
D) The areas where physical attractiveness is clearly an important asset.
E) None of the above.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

In persuasive attempts, for academic achievement, in interpersonal relations. What are these issues?

A) Reasons why physical appearance is important.
B) The visible aspect of our physical attractiveness.
C) The findings about the relationship between attractiveness and liking.
D) The areas where physical attractiveness is clearly an important asset.
E) None of the above.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Body shape, height, weight, hair, teeth, complexion, and clothing. To what do these things refer?

A) Reasons why physical appearance is important.
B) The visible aspect of our physical attractiveness.
C) The findings about the relationship between attractiveness and liking.
D) The areas where physical attractiveness is clearly an important asset.
E) None of the above.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What you perceive as attractive may be different from what others perceive as attractive, and your standards may be based on sex, race, and socioeconomic background (as well as others). To what does this refer?

A) Reasons why physical appearance is important.
B) The visible aspect of our physical attractiveness.
C) The findings about the relationship between attractiveness and liking.
D) The areas where physical attractiveness is clearly an important asset.
E) None of the above.

Question 5

Date more frequently, have more male friends, fall in love more frequently, and have more sexual experiences. To what do these refer?

A) The factors sexual appeal is affected by.
B) The findings about attractive college women.
C) The findings about heterosexual women's preferences.
D) The general findings of attractiveness for sex appeal.
E) None of the above.

Question 6

Whether the person is known or is a stranger; whether perceived chances of "success" in a sexual encounter are high or low; and early love experiences. To what do these refer?

A) The factors sexual appeal is affected by.
B) The findings about attractive college women.
C) The findings about heterosexual women's preferences.
D) The general findings of attractiveness for sex appeal.
E) None of the above.

Question 7

This somatotype of a person is the soft, plump, short, and round body type. He or she is perceived as fatter, older, shorter, more old-fashioned, lazier, physically weaker, less good looking, more agreeable, as well as other similar perceptions. Which body type is it?

A) Endomorph.
B) Ectomorph.
C) Somamorph.
D) Mesomorph.
E) None of the above.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of weight and attitude?

A) Endomorphs and ectomorphs elicit negative reactions and teasing.
B) An anti-fat attitude similar to racism exists.
C) The dyadic effect has no influence on eating behaviors.
D) Men find women with a lower Waist-Hip Ratio (WHR) more attractive.
E) All of the above are aspects of weight and attitude.

Question 9

This method of attaining acceptance from others that those with stigmas might use has the person trying to act as if there is no stigma. Which is it?

A) Disidentifiers.
B) Sympathetic Others.
C) Passing.
D) Aesthetic Surgery.
E) None of the above.

Question 10

This method of attaining acceptance from others that those with stigmas might use has the person trying to de-emphasize the stigma. You might try to cover up the stigma by clothing you wear, or perhaps covering it with makeup. Which is it?

A) Disidentifiers.
B) Sympathetic Others.
C) Passing.
D) Aesthetic Surgery.
E) None of the above.

Question 11

Tell the things that studies show are true about people who are perceived to be more attractive.

Question 12

Tell the ways homophily might affect your determining if someone is attractive or not.

Question 13

Tell the conclusions of the effect of attractiveness on social interactions.

Question 14

Tell the findings about the relationship between attractiveness and liking.

Question 15

Tell the findings about teachers who were perceived as more attractive.

Question 16

Tell the ways attractiveness has been shown to influence court settings.

Question 17

Tell the findings about attractive college women.

Question 18

Tell the factors that studies have shown to be true concerning attractiveness and sex appeal.

Question 19

Tell the characteristics of the somatotype "ectomorph."

Question 20

Tell the findings about eating disorders.

Question 21

Tell the relationship findings between height and power.

Question 22

Tell the findings of women being less satisfied with their bodies.

Question 23

Using one of the "clichés" about attractiveness, discuss how you have seen it to be either true or untrue.

Question 24

Discuss why it is impossible to define physical attractiveness in terms of absolutes.

Question 25

Using an example, discuss how you have perceived a teacher's treatment of a student be based on attractiveness (this can be about yourself or someone else [no names named]).

Question 26

Using an example, discuss how you believe either we do have a universal standard for attractiveness (and what constitutes it) or do not have one.

Question 27

Using an example, discuss how you know that attractiveness does have an impact on communication.

Question 28

Using an example, discuss how the similarity hypothesis has entered a relationship you have established.

Question 29

Using examples, discuss how media have shaped our ideas and ideals about body shape and size.

Question 30

Using an example, discuss how you have seen a person judge someone else's appearance based on a stigma.