1) What new information did the studies of affiliation following national disaster add to our understanding?
a People use pairing in their existing social networks to reduce stress
b People in real settings do not change their need to affiliate in stressful situation, as people in lab studies do
2) As it relates to judgments of facial attractiveness, which term does NOT belong?
a Body esteem
b Averageness
3) Of the groups listed below, which is likeliest to have the highest average level of loneliness?
a Middle-school children
b College students
4) In considering the looks-for-status exchange, what do evolutionary theories and sociocultural theorists disagree about?
a the reasons for the exchange
b the direction of the exchange
5) Which is the best summary of the effects of friendship on social anxiety?
a Friends help people with anxiety overcome their shyness through encouragement
b The effect of friendship depends on whether the friends are socially anxious as well
6) What have studies investigating cross-cultural standards of physical attractiveness found?
a As the food supply is threatened, the preference for heavier women becomes more pronounced
b There are no cross-cultural consistencies in body type preferences
7) Stanley Schachter's research on affiliation could best be summed up with the phrase:
a Birds of a feather flock together
b Misery loves miserable company
8) Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a Being shown a photo of an attractive man influences women's perceptions of their own beauty
b The contrast effect for physical attractiveness is stronger in male viewers than female viewers
c Being seen after an attractive person, in sequence, makes you seem less attractive
9) Which of the following are reasons that similarity leads to liking?
a Biological disposition and social comparison
b Information and outcome dependence
c Social comparison and social exchange
10 ) The physical attractiveness stereotype has been found to be false, with one exception. On which trait are attractive people really different from unattractive people?
a Self-esteem
b Social skills
c Happiness
11) The best explanation for the social skills advantage of the physically attractive is _____ and physical attractiveness in a romantic partner is ______.
a - The self-fulfilling prophecy; more valued by men than by women
b - Extraversion; important only in heterosexual relationships
c - The contrast effect; completely dependent on cultural values