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Question 1:

Which of the following factors tends to increase scores of attractiveness for all types of males by females?
a) The male’s facial symmetry
b) Whether the female is ovulating
c) Whether the female is over 25
d) Whether the female has the same/different MHC than then male

Question 2:

Which of the following is true about how knowledge (or lack of it) can affect attractiveness ratings?
a) We are more likely to be physically attracted to people who are more intelligent.
b) We are more likely to be physically attracted to people who have not told us if they are attracted to us.
c) We are more likely to be physically attracted to people whom we know are attracted to us.
d) We are more likely to be physically attracted to strangers.

Question 3:

What is the technical term for being attracted to someone who is similar to you?
a) Homophily
b) The mere-repeated-exposure effect
c) Companionate love
d) Pragma love

Question 4:

Which of the following is true about the success of women using various types of “pick-up” lines?
a) Men respond similarly to all types of lines but prefer direct lines.
b) Men respond better to direct lines and prefer direct lines.
c) Men respond similarly to all types of lines and don’t prefer one type over another.
d) Men respond more positively and prefer funny pick-up lines.

Question 5:

According to Bartholomew (1990), what attachment pattern will a person who has a positive model of themselves and a positive model of others have?
a) Dismissing
b) Secure
c) Fearful
d) Preoccupied

Question 6:

Which of the following is more likely to be true of people from individualistic cultures than people from collectivist cultures?
a) They are more likely to rate friendship as a criterion for marriage.
b) They are more likely to rate love as a criterion for marriage.
c) They are more likely to be comfortable with arranged marriages.
d) They are more likely to have altruistic reasons for getting marriage.

Question 7:

Marshall and Lily met at a bar and eloped the next day. What type of love were they likely feeling?
a) Consummate love
b) Empty love
c) Fatuous love
d) Romantic love

Question 8:

Which of the following is true of research on romantic love?
a) It is only found in the early stages of relationships.
b) It is only found in the middle stages of relationships.
c) It is rarely found in people who are married.
d) It can be found in people in very long-term relationships.

Question 9:

Which of the following is the most often reported emotion associated with optimal sex?
a) Attraction
b) Love
c) Intimacy
d) Friendship

Question 10:

Decreases in physical attraction to a partner in longer relationships can be best attributed to which of the following?
a) The partners getting older and less attractive overall
b) Habituation
c) The recency effect
d) The familiarity effect

Higher Education

Human Sexuality: Chapter 12