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31. Cute opening lines work _____ on men and _____ on women.
A. well; poorly
B. well; equally well
C. poorly; well
D. poorly; equally poorly
32. Which of the following approaches best explains the tendency for people to like the friend of a friend and the enemy of an enemy?
A. Balance theory
B. Reactance theory
C. Social exchange theory
D. Sociobiology
33. Which of the following is true about playing “hard to get”?
A. Individuals who appear aloof and largely uninterested are most likely to get dates.
B. Individuals who are selectively hard to get—an easy catch for a desired partner but difficult for everyone else to catch—are most attractive to their desired partner.
C. Playing hard to get is always a bad strategy: those who are hard to get have few dates.
D. Some individuals find those who are hard to get interesting, others don’t. The success of the strategy depends on the personality of the other person.
34. What kind of similarity is important to liking?
A. Attitude similarity
B. Demographic similarity
C. Personality similarity
D. All of these.
35. Alex is a strong Republican from South Dakota with a bachelor’s degree in business. He enjoys fishing and snowmobiling. He’s generally a happy person with some tendencies toward an avoidant attachment style. Which of the following women is he likely to form a relationship with?
A. Sally from North Dakota. She is a Republican who majored in economics in college. She enjoys snowmobiling and has an attachment style best described as avoidant.
B. June from Alabama. She is a Republican that majored in art history. She’s never been on a snowmobile in her life (and doesn’t want to be). She tends to be a bit of a pessimist and would best be described as anxiously attached.
C. Lucy from California. She is a Democrat. She did not complete college, hates fishing, and tends to be a bit of a grumpy person.
D. None of these women are likely to appeal to Alex.
36. Which curve best describes the relationship between attitude similarity and attraction?
A. A flat line suggesting no real relationship between the two
B. A straight upward-sloping line suggesting that as similarity increases, attraction increases
C. A curve that initially goes up, showing that up to a point similarity enhances liking, but then becomes flat
D. A curve that goes up but then turns down a bit showing that at very high levels of similarity, liking decreases
37. In the discussion of close relationships, the concept of “fatal attraction” has been used to refer to:
A. some people’s chronic tendency to pick the wrong partners.
B. attraction to partners who are abusive and physically violent.
C. attraction that becomes enmeshing and gets partners too involved with each other.
D. qualities that are initially a source of attraction but become obnoxious and irritating.
38. Compared with evolutionary psychology, a unique aspect of the stimulus-value-role (SVR) theory is that:
A. only SVR theory is concerned with visible properties of potential dates.
B. SVR theory is more concerned with stages of development, arguing that the critical factors that foster attraction differ according to the relationship’s evolution.
C. only SVR theory is concerned with mate selection.
D. SVR theory focuses more on how value preferences in mate selection differ among men and women.
39. According to stimulus-value-role theory, role compatibility:
A. is important from the outset of the relationship.
B. is important even before the relationship begins.
C. becomes important after one is attracted but before values have been discussed.
D. becomes important after attraction and similar beliefs have been established.
40. In the stimulus-value-role theory of attraction, agreement on parenting, careers, and life tasks become important:
A. last in the development relationships.
B. first in the development of relationships.
C. in the middle of the development of relationships.
D. throughout the development of relationships.
