Study Guide Interpersonal Psychology 3110Ch. 3Most of the exam questions will come from this guideAll readings and lecture are fair game*Indicates that an item is likely to be short answer question1. Be aware of the fundamental principles of attraction. 2. Differentiate between direct and indirect rewards in terms of social attraction and given an example, be able to identify a direct and an indirect reward.3. How does proximity affect attraction? Convenience?4. Be familiar with the classic Festinger et al., (1950) research conducted at MIT.5. Be familiar with the Moreland and Beach (1992) study on pg. 71. What basic principle of attraction does it exemplify?6. *Be able to define and give an example of the following: halo effect, assimilation effect, matching hypothesis, attractiveness leniency effect, contrast effect, mate value, stimulus value role theory, fatal attraction, and the Romeo and Juliet Effect7. Is the saying “absence makes the heart grow fonder” generally supported by the psychological research? What about “familiarity breeds contempt”?8. What typically happens to attraction when people who meet online get together for the first time (pg. 72-73)?9. What is the most common way for heterosexual couples to meet? What about same sex couples?10.What % of visible Match.com profiles belonged to people who were currently looking for partners?11.*What assumptions do people make about attractive people? Do attractive people make more money than less attractive people? Are they promoted more often?12.In general, is the saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” an accurate statement in the United States? What about in other parts of the world?13.Is ovulation associated with attractiveness? Is ovulation associated with what women find attractive ina man?14.What are the most attractive waist-to-hip ratios for men and women? 15.Discuss scents heterosexual men find attractive (pg. 80)16.*Be familiar with the research findings (pgs 81-4) that support Social Evolutionary Theory.a. How is symmetry associated with health?b. Is WHR associated with fertility?c. What color are women more likely to wear when they are fertile?17.What is the ovulatory shift? What do meta analyses suggest about this?18.What factor seems to determine whether a culture finds a larger or smaller female form attractive (page 84)?19.How does ethnicity factor into what sizes men find attractive?20.According to the text, is speed dating an effective way to find a long term relationship?21.What are some of the cons associated with being highly attractive?22.Be familiar with the findings of the Reis, et al., (1982) study on pg 87.23.What % of variability in overall adjustment is associated with physical attractiveness (pg. 87)?24.*Be familiar with the Major, Carrington and Carnevale, 1984 study of trust and praise among attractiveand less attractive subjects (pg. 87-8)25.How likely is it for heterosexual men to ask a woman out if they don’t know if she is likely to say yes?26.*Be familiar with the Bernstein, et al., (1983) study of risking rejection on pages 89.27.Do heterosexual women like men to initiate contact with them via opening lines? What about heterosexual men?28.Is playing hard to get typically a successful strategy (pg.91)?29.What is balance theory? Be able to recognize an example of this.30.Which is more accurate, “opposites attract” or “birds of a feather flock together”?31.Discuss similarity as a variable in social attraction in general, as well as in interethnic relationships.32.Do most people know their partners as well as they think they do? 33.How does attraction to a possible significant other related to our ideal selves? Do we tend to prefer people who are more like our ideal selves? What if the other person is a lot better than we are?34.Why do scientists think we find similar people so attractive?35.What is stimulus-value-role theory?36.What is fatal attraction?37.*What is psychological reactance theory? What is an example of this?38.What similarities appear to be the most important? Discuss the similarity of religion (pg. 96).39.What is complementarity? How does dominance relate to this?40.How are looks and resources prioritized by men and women looking for mates? For short term vs. long term relationships? How does this differ between same sex and opposite sex