Deck 12: Attraction, Intimacy, and Love

Question 1

What is the number one reason undergraduates give for wanting to have sexual intercourse with someone else?

A) Love
B) Boredom
C) Attraction
D) Intimacy

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Olivia has been attending university class for the whole semester. She is seated next to Eduardo, who noticed her from the beginning of the course. He found her moderately attractive but thought nothing more of it. By the end of the semester, however, Eduardo felt increased attraction to Olivia and asked her if she would like to watch Netflix and chill some time. What concept is demonstrated in this anecdote?

A) Mere-repeated-exposure effect
B) Assortative mating
C) Attachment
D) Homophily

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Attraction is an important part of meeting potential sexual and intimate partners. According to the text, what makes it more likely that people will be repeatedly exposed to one another and provides an opportunity for people to meet and develop attraction to one another?

A) Ancestry
B) Proximity
C) Homophily
D) All of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

What concept suggests that the tendency through persistent contact with a stimulus (e.g., another person) increases our preference for the stimulus?

A) Attachment
B) Homophily
C) Mere-repeated-exposure effect
D) Assortative mating

Question 5

Mariko is an undergraduate student who recently saw an advertisement for a speed-dating event with other undergrads. Mariko attended the event and ended up connecting with James. According to the research on attraction, what was the most likely factor to initially bring them together?

A) Self-loathing
B) Honesty
C) Intelligence
D) Physical attraction

Question 6

In research related to attraction to faces, there is evidence that universally people are more attracted to symmetrical features. Another finding is that the most attractive faces were also __________.

A) exotic
B) superior
C) anomalous
D) average

Question 7

What is one explanation that researchers have given for the fact that proximity increases attraction?

A) People feel safer with people whose activity patterns are familiar to them.
B) People with whom you interact regularly will be most like you.
C) You are more likely to be affected by pheromones of people who you spend more time near.
D) Seeing a person repeatedly increases attraction.

Question 8

Faces of both males and females are seen as more attractive if they have which characteristics?

A) They have something distinctive about them.
B) They are symmetrical.
C) They have large eyes.
D) They are oval shaped.

Question 9

Which of the following is a difference noted between genders when it comes to attractiveness?

A) Women place more emphasis on physical attractiveness than men.
B) Men place more emphasis on physical attractiveness than women.
C) Men and women place equal emphasis on physical attractiveness.
D) None of the above

Question 10

Katherine uses an app for finding other Christian singles in her area because she is interested in someone with the same beliefs as her. Which term best describes this?

A) Mere-repeated-exposure effect
B) Assertive mating
C) Homophily
D) Assortative mating

Question 11

Sarah's friend Julie invites her to a party. Julie tells Sarah that two attractive men she knows, Jake and Mike, will be there, and that both men have seen pictures of Sarah, and Jake thought Sarah "was really cute." Sarah asked Julie what Mike thought of her, and Julie admitted that Mike didn't comment on Sarah's picture. Based on research on attraction, who do you think Sarah will find more attractive when she meets the two men?

A) She will decide which man is more attractive when she meets them.
B) She will think that Jake is more attractive than Mike.
C) She will think that Mike is more attractive than Jake.
D) She will not find either man attractive.

Question 12

In general, people are attracted to those who feel the same way about them. Simply stated, "attraction breeds attraction." What concept does this demonstrate?

A) Homophily
B) Mere-repeated-exposure effect
C) Assortative mating
D) Reciprocity

Question 13

"Birds of a feather," or being attracted to someone similar, is __________.

A) Homophily
B) Proximity
C) Mere-repeated-exposure effect
D) Reciprocity

Question 14

Students were asked to read an attitude scale that they were told was completed by a stranger (but that in actuality was manipulated to display attitudes similar or dissimilar to those of the students). There was a strong association between attraction and proportion of attitudes shared with the "stranger": those whose attitudes were more similar to the stranger's reported that they would enjoy working with the stranger. What concept is illustrated in this excerpt?

A) Mere-repeated-exposure effect
B) Proximity
C) Assortative mating
D) Reciprocity

Question 15

Though most research suggests that people are attracted to those who are similar to them, there is evidence of one exception. What is that exception in relation to?

A) Fertility
B) Social status
C) Immune system
D) Hormone levels

Question 16

Women's preference for males with masculine facial traits during the fertile portion of their menstrual cycle is thought to be related to which assumption?

A) That masculine traits predict financial success
B) That masculine traits predict willingness to engage in sexual activity
C) That masculine traits predict physical health
D) That masculine traits predict fertility

Question 17

Single men hoping to meet a woman are most successful with which approach?

A) Direct compliments
B) A third-party introduction
C) Funny pick-up lines
D) Directly stating their interest in the woman

Question 18

Women find masculine men's faces more attractive during which phase of their menstrual cycle?

A) The menstrual phase
B) The follicular phase
C) The luteal phase
D) The secretory phase

Question 19

Which of the following do researchers use as evidence supporting the phrase "opposites attract"?

A) People are more attracted to people whose attitudes are different from their own.
B) People are more attracted to people who have a different MHC compound than they do.
C) People are less attracted to people who have a different MHC compound than they do.
D) People are more attracted to people whose faces are dissimilar to their own.

Question 20

Which of the following correlations between menstrual cycle and attraction are true?

A) Men rate women's body odour as more sexy during ovulation.
B) Attraction can vary depending on where in her menstrual cycle a woman is.
C) Women prefer men with more masculine facial features when they are more fertile.
D) All of the above.

Question 21

Of the following, which are we attracted to the more it is dissimilar from our own?

A) Age
B) Attitudes
C) Immune system
D) Religious beliefs

Question 22

Which of the following pick-up lines is most likely to receive a positive response?

A) Have I met you somewhere before?
B) Let's get out of here.
C) Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?
D) Can I buy you a drink?

Question 23

Which of the following pick-up lines is most likely to receive a positive response?

A) Your place or mine?
B) You're so beautiful.
C) Do you like this band?
D) Where have you been all my life?

Question 24

When two people who are genetically similar marry, which of the following is more likely?

A) The female is likely to be more responsible sexually.
B) The female is likely to ovulate less frequently.
C) The female is likely to ovulate more frequently.
D) The female is likely to be less responsive sexually.

Question 25

Aaron is at a singles dance and approaches Andrea, who is standing by herself. Which of the following "pick-up lines" will Andrea prefer?

A) What do you think of singles dances?
B) I'm not a photographer but I can picture you and me together.
C) Can I buy you dinner Saturday?
D) Do you have a sunburn or are you always this hot?

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT true of major histocompatibility complex (MHC), the set of genes in vertebrates that are used by the immune system to distinguish self from non-self factors (e.g., infection agents)?

A) Dissimilar MHC avoids inbreeding and the associated negative genetic consequences.
B) Dissimilar MHC produces offspring with better immunocompetence.
C) People generally prefer odours of individuals who are dissimilar to them with regard to MHC.
D) People generally prefer MHC genes that are similar to their own.

Question 27

Which of the following is associated with intimacy?

A) Social support
B) Increased physical health
C) Psychological well-being and happiness
D) All of above

Question 28

What does it mean to experience a level of commitment and positive affective, cognitive, and physical closeness with a partner in a reciprocal (although not necessarily symmetrical) relationship?

A) To be intimate
B) To be married
C) To be reciprocal
D) To be honest

Question 29

Which of the following pick-up strategies is most likely to succeed?

A) A third-party introduction
B) Cute-flippant line
C) Direct line
D) A humorous statement

Question 30

According to Bartholomew's attachment theory, what style is associated with positive views of both the self and others: people with this style have high self-esteem and are able to form and maintain close intimate relationships without difficulty?

A) Fearful
B) Preoccupied
C) Secure
D) Dismissing

Question 31

Brooklyn is compulsively self-reliant, distant in relationships, and downplays the importance of intimate relationships. What would Kim Bartholomew (1990) predict was Brooklyn's model of himself and his model of others?

A) Don has a negative model of himself and a negative model of others.
B) Don has a positive model of himself and a positive model of others.
C) Don has a negative model of himself and a positive model of others.
D) Don has a positive model of himself and a negative model of others.

Question 32

Laney is overly invested and involved in close relationships, dependent on others for self-worth, and has a demanding, needy, approach orientation toward others. What would Kim Bartholomew (1990) predict was Laney's model of herself and others?

A) Laney has a positive model of herself and a positive model of others.
B) Laney has a positive model of herself and a negative model of others.
C) Laney has a negative model of herself and a negative model of others.
D) Laney has a negative model of herself and a positive model of others.

Question 33

According to Kim Bartholomew (1990), what attachment pattern will a person who has a positive model of themselves but a negative model of others have?

A) Preoccupied
B) Fearful
C) Dismissing
D) Secure

Question 34

When attachment is thought of in terms of avoidance of intimacy and anxiety about rejection, a securely attached person would be which of the following?

A) Low on avoidance and high on anxiety
B) Low on avoidance and low on anxiety
C) High on avoidance and low on anxiety
D) High on avoidance and high on anxiety

Question 35

According to Bartholomew's attachment theory, what style is characterized by a negative view of the self and a positive view of others: these individuals often feel unworthy, are markedly dependent on other people for approval, and may be demanding in their relationships?

A) Preoccupied
B) Secure
C) Dismissing
D) Fearful

Question 36

According to Bartholomew's attachment theory, what style involves a negative view of both the self and others: persons with this style experience low self-worth and, although they may desire intimacy, they actively avoid intimacy with others for fear of being rejected?

A) Secure
B) Fearful
C) Preoccupied
D) Dismissing

Question 37

According to Bartholomew's attachment theory, what style is characterized by a positive view of the self and a negative view of others: individuals feel self-reliant and perceive intimacy with others as unimportant?

A) Preoccupied
B) Dismissing
C) Fearful
D) Secure

Question 38

According to Bartholomew and Horowitz (1991), what attachment style do most young adults have?

A) Secure
B) Dismissing
C) Fearful
D) Preoccupied

Question 39

Geena and Sooyoung have a very close relationship and tend to resolve their conflicts constructively. Which attachment style does Geena most likely have?

A) Preoccupied
B) Secure
C) Fearful
D) Dismissing

Question 40

Caroline has been in a relationship with Orest for six months. She already feels very close to Orest and is often the one initiating conversations and get-togethers. Which of the following is probably true?

A) Caroline has a negative model of self.
B) Caroline has a negative model of other.
C) Caroline has a positive model of self.
D) None of the above

Question 41

Which of the following attachment styles best describes the following? "I don't need a close emotional relationship to feel satisfied. In fact, I enjoy not having to depend on anybody but myself."

A) Fearful
B) Secure
C) Preoccupied
D) Dismissing

Question 42

Which of the following attachment styles best describes the following? "If I allow myself to get close to somebody, they will just end up hurting me."

A) Secure
B) Preoccupied
C) Dismissing
D) Fearful

Question 43

Which of the following attachment styles best describes the following? "I like being completely emotionally intimate with others."

A) Secure
B) Preoccupied
C) Dismissing
D) Fearful

Question 44

Which of the following attachment styles best describes the following? "I think I value my partner more than they value me."

A) Dismissing
B) Secure
C) Preoccupied
D) Fearful

Question 45

Which of the following attachment styles best describes the following? "I'm okay with having someone depend on me."

A) Dismissing
B) Preoccupied
C) Secure
D) Fearful

Question 46

Which of the following attachment styles best describes the following? "I worry about being alone."

A) Fearful
B) Dismissing
C) Preoccupied
D) Secure

Question 47

When researchers studied the sexual behaviour of individuals who had developed an anxious attachment to their caregivers, what did they find was more common in anxiously attached individuals than securely attached individuals?

A) Earlier age of first intercourse
B) Fewer sexual partners
C) Recent use of oral contraceptive
D) Fidelity in interpersonal relationships

Question 48

Camila is uncomfortable getting close to others. She wants emotionally close relationships, but she finds it difficult to trust others. Which of Bartholomew's attachment styles best characterizes Camila's experience?

A) Fearful
B) Secure
C) Preoccupied
D) Dismissing

Question 49

Oscar is comfortable being without close relationships, but he sometimes worries that others don't value him as much as he values them. Which of Bartholomew's attachment styles best characterizes Oscar's experience?

A) Secure
B) Fearful
C) Dismissing
D) Preoccupied

Question 50

What is the best conclusion regarding insecure attachment and condom use?

A) Insecurity sometimes leads to less condom use because of self-hatred and a desire to contract sexually transmitted infections, and sometimes leads to an increase in condom use out of fear of having a child that would be unloved like the insecure person was.
B) Insecurity sometimes leads to more condom use because of multiple partners, and sometimes leads to less condom use in an attempt to increase intimacy in the relationship.
C) Insecurity sometimes leads to more condom use because of an earlier age of first sexual intercourse, but sometimes leads to reduced condom use because of lower socioeconomic status and less access to condoms.
D) Insecurity sometimes leads to less condom use because of a lack of empathy for other people, and sometimes leads to more condom use because of a lack of trust in other people.

Question 51

"Hooking up" is different from dating in many ways. Which of the following is NOT a typical example of this statement?

A) Hooking up is not indicative of emotional intimacy or commitment between the sex partners.
B) The encounter between the hook-up partners is typically short term.
C) People who hook up often do so after they have been drinking alcohol.
D) Most people hook up as a means to find a long-term romantic partner.

Question 52

When researchers compared the rates of casual sex encounters among students on university campuses in Canada to Canadian students celebrating Spring Break in Daytona Beach, what did they find?

A) Casual sex rates were higher on campus than on Spring Break.
B) Casual sex rates were the same on campus and on Spring Break.
C) Casual sex rates were lower on campus than on Spring Break.
D) Casual sex rates were higher for men than women both on campus and on Spring Break.

Question 53

A woman completes a survey listing all the traits she is looking for in a mate. She is matched with a man who has all the traits but she does not know him well enough to know how she feels about him. When asked if she will marry him anyway she says "yes." What country is the woman most likely from?

A) The United States
B) Australia
C) Serbia
D) India

Question 54

Passionate love is based on which of the following?

A) Longing and preoccupation
B) Connection and friendship
C) Affection and tenderness
D) Comfort and trust

Question 55

Which of the following seems to share brain patterns with cocaine-induced euphoria?

A) Passionate love
B) Emotional intimacy
C) Compassionate love
D) Sexual intimacy

Question 56

Isaac has a powerful feeling of love toward a fellow senior undergraduate classmate. He has been friends with this person since the beginning of university but has felt that this person did not feel the same way. In fact, he has described his experience as unrequited love. What type of love has Isaac experienced?

A) Fatuous love
B) Empty love
C) Passionate love
D) Companionate love

Question 57

What type of love is best described as affection and tenderness felt for someone with whom one's life is deeply connected?

A) Empty love
B) Passionate love
C) Infatuated love
D) Companionate love

Question 58

Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic components of Sternberg's triangular theory of love?

A) Commitment
B) Passion
C) Intimacy
D) Cognition

Question 59

Which of the following is NOT a component of love, according to Sternberg's triangular theory of love?

A) Compatibility
B) Intimacy
C) Commitment
D) Passion

Question 60

The type of love that incorporates all three components of Sternberg's triangular theory of love?

A) Infatuation
B) Romantic love
C) Companionate love
D) Consummate love

Question 61

Monica and Raja met at a party, had intense physical attraction to each other, and eloped in Las Vegas three weeks later. Their relationship at the time they are married would best be described as which type of love?

A) Companionate love
B) Consummate love
C) Romantic love
D) Fatuous love

Question 62

Tyrone and Lily have been married for 10 years and don't feel the sexual attraction for each other that they used to feel. They are committed to their marriage and are close friends but sex is not a big part of their lives. Which of Sternberg's categories of love best describes Marshall and Lily's relationship?

A) Romantic love
B) Companionate love
C) Empty love
D) Consummate love

Question 63

Angelo met Dylan about four months ago and began a sexual relationship with him. After two months, the sexual side of their relationship was frequent and intense, so they signed a one-year lease and moved into an apartment together. Once they had moved in together, the sex continued, and they had made a year-long commitment to each other. Angelo, however, was unsure if he actually liked Dylan as a person and began to avoid intimate times with him. What type of love from Sternberg's theory best describes Angelo's experience?

A) Fatuous
B) Empty
C) Romantic
D) Companionate

Question 64

Layla and Theodore met 25 years ago and, after dating for three years, got married. They live together with their three cats and share a very close bond, sharing almost all of their thoughts and feelings with each other. Over the last few years, however, there have been few sexual encounters. What type of love from Sternberg's theory best describes their situation?

A) Companionate
B) Empty
C) Fatuous
D) Romantic

Question 65

"Love at first sight," which tends to involve signs of physical arousal, such as a rapid heartbeat, is best described as which type of love?

A) Empty
B) Infatuated
C) Fatuous
D) Consummate

Question 66

How many love styles did John Lee identify?

A) Four
B) Five
C) Six
D) Seven

Question 67

Of Lee's six types of love, which is an altruistic love that is characterized by giving rather than receiving?

A) Agape
B) Pragma
C) Storge
D) Ludus

Question 68

Kaori has begun dating Sam and recently told her friend, "When Sam doesn't pay attention to me, I feel sick." Which of Lee's six types of love is Kaori exhibiting?

A) Manic
B) Ludus
C) Agape
D) Eros

Question 69

Which of Lee's six types of love would conservative individuals be least likely to endorse?

A) Storge
B) Ludus
C) Agape
D) Pragma

Question 70

Which type of love style best describes the following? "My partner and I were friends for years before we became romantic."

A) Ludus
B) Storge
C) Eros
D) Pragma

Question 71

Which type of love style best describes the following? "I don't tell my partner everything - what they don't know won't hurt them."

A) Mania
B) Eros
C) Ludus
D) Pragma

Question 72

Which type of love style best describes the following? "When I met my partner, we both had a really strong, passionate attraction to each other."

A) Ludus
B) Storge
C) Pragma
D) Eros

Question 73

Which type of love style best describes the following? "I want my family and friends to approve of my partner."

A) Ludus
B) Eros
C) Mania
D) Pragma

Question 74

Which type of love style best describes the following? "I would do anything for my partner - I would take a bullet for them."

A) Agape
B) Mania
C) Eros
D) Ludus

Question 75

Grayson and Raewyn have been in a committed relationship for a number of years. When asked to describe how they have stayed together, they simply say that there seems to be the right "chemistry" between them. What love style are they expressing?

A) Agape
B) Eros
C) Storge
D) Mania

Question 76

Kostas recently became sexually involved with Clair. After two encounters, Kostas felt that he was in love with her. He began texting her as often as he was thinking about her (which was most of the time) despite the fact that she almost never texted him back. Even though his friends warned him to take it slow, Kostas couldn't help himself, and when Claire stopped communicating with him altogether, he felt sick all over. What style of love is Kostas experiencing?

A) Storge
B) Mania
C) Agape
D) Eros

Question 77

What term is used to describe the situation in which a person misinterprets physiological arousal stemming from unrelated feelings such as fear and believes that it is love?

A) Fantasy encounters
B) Misattribution of arousal
C) Love as a story
D) Objectùm sexuality

Question 78

Duana loves a doll she has had her whole life and even though she is 25 years old she takes the doll everywhere. Duana is not interested in romantic relationships with men or women but would marry her doll if she could. Duana is showing an extreme case of what?

A) Anthropomorphic sexuality
B) Objective sexuality
C) Bisexuality objectùm
D) Objectùm sexuality

Question 79

Erika Eiffel, who changed her last name after marrying the Eiffel Tower, has a form of love best described as ___________.

A) Ludus
B) Empty love
C) Objectùm sexuality
D) Misattribution of arousal

Question 80

Peggy Kleinplatz researched optimal sexuality and found that the key element to an optimal sexual event, without which the event could not be optimal, was which of the following?

A) Intimacy
B) Mutual respect
C) Novelty
D) Risk-taking