Question 1

How do social psychologists define loneliness? In what ways do people who are lonely differ from people who are not lonely? In what ways do they not differ?

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Question 2

What are the main reasons that people are socially rejected by others, what are the initial consequences of rejection, and what are the long-term consequences of rejection?

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Question 3

Rejecting someone's romantic interest in you is likely to make you feel ________________.

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Question 4

How do social psychologists define the "need to belong?" How common is it? What evidence is there that this is a real "need"?

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Question 5

According to ________________ theory, we are more likely to engage in behaviors that have been rewarded in the past than in other behaviors.

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Question 6

When Melanie first meets Jen, she thinks it is a little weird that Jen cracks her knuckles. The more they are together, the more annoying Melanie finds Jen's habit. Melanie is experiencing the ________________ effect.

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Question 7

Identify and discuss three of the factors that contribute to interpersonal liking (i.e., three of the things that, in general, make a person more or less likeable).

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Question 8

According to the "________________" effect, people tend to assume that physically attractive people are superior to others in terms of a wide range of factors-intelligence, popularity, sexual warmth, etc.

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Question 9

Suppose that Ian is extremely lonely. He lives in a small town, and has only two friends. The two friends that he has are great; the problem is that he would like MORE friends. He has tried to meet more people, but this has backfired. He has also tried to convince himself that he does not really need more relationships, but this approach has also failed, as he is still lonely. What else can he do? Based on your understanding of the research on loneliness, identify and discuss three different strategies Ian can use that are likely to be successful in reducing his loneliness.

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Question 10

Describe the necessary ingredients for a sense of belongingness.

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Question 11

The idea that people tend to form relationships with others who are similar to them in terms of attractiveness is known as the ________________ hypothesis.

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Question 12

Explain the emotional differences between a person who is experiencing unrequited love and the person who is rejecting that individual.

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Question 13

In Festinger, Schachter, and Back's (1950) study of friendship formation in a dormitory, ________________ predicted who would become friends with each other.

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Question 14

Wolfgang is trying to get his new co-worker, Peter, to like him. He compliments Peter's wardrobe, listens attentively to Peter's stories, and routinely take Peter out to lunch. Wolfgang is clearly engaging in ________________.

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Question 15

The painful feeling of wanting more human contact or connection than you have is known as ________________.

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Question 16

The situation in which Person X loves Person Y, but Person Y does not love Person X, is known as ________________ love.

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Question 17

The ________________ effect refers to the idea that one person who breaks the rules can inspire others to break the rules.

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Question 18

The tendency to expect rejection from others and to be hypersensitive to rejection, is known as ________________.

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Quiz 11: Interpersonal Attraction and Rejection