Relationships: Factors Affecting Attraction

Question 1

What is the KEYWORD: When you reveal personal information about yourself

Answer 1

Self - disclosure

Question 2

What is the name of the theory whereby you gradually reveal yourself to someone and reveal your inner self

Answer 2

Social Penetration Theory

Question 3

What is the main concept of the social penetration theory?

Answer 3

Don’t go in too deep too fast

Question 4

As depth and breadth develop in a relationship, what type of information is revealed first?

Answer 4

Superficial information/low risk

Question 5

As depth and breadth develop in a relationship, what type of information is revealed once you’re in a committed relationship?

Answer 5

Intimate/High risk

Question 6

What did Sprecher and Hendrick find strong correlations between?

Answer 6

Satisfaction and Self disclosure

Question 7

Why might correlational research be a problem?

Answer 7

Only a relationship and not a cause and effect

Question 8

What other factors might affect how successful a romantic relationship might be?

Answer 8

Physical attractiveness and similarity in attitudes

Question 9

Research into self disclosure is carried out using self report methods, why might this be a problem?

Answer 9

It could lead to social desirability bias

Question 10

Define social desirability bias

Answer 10

Participants lying to present themselves in the best possible light

Question 11

According to research by Shackleford and Larsen, which type of people were found to be more attractive?

Answer 11

People with symmetrical faces

Question 11

According to research by Shackleford and Larsen, which type of people were found to be more attractive?

Answer 11

People with symmetrical faces

Question 12

Why might having a symmetrical face be a sign of honest genetic fitness?

Answer 12

Symmetrical faces is difficult to fake

Question 13

What does it mean when someone has neotenous features?

Answer 13

Baby - face

Question 14

Why are women with neotenous features more attractive?

Answer 14

They trigger a protective and caring instinct which is a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce

Question 15

Physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong and sociable, what effect is this known as?

Answer 15

Halo effect

Question 16

Name the key term: Believing that good looking people probably also have good characteristics makes them even more attractive to us

Answer 16

Self fulfilling prophecy

Question 17

What do we mean by the matching hypothesis

Answer 17

Stay in your league!

Question 18

Research has found that online daters sought meetings with potential partners who were more physically attractive than them and did not consider their own level of attractiveness, which theory is this contradicting?

Answer 18

Matching Theory

Question 19

What did American and Korean students judge physically attractive people as?

Answer 19

Trustworthy, friendly and mature

Question 20

TRUE/FALSE: There are many similarities across cultures when studying physical attractiveness?

Answer 20

TRUE

Question 21

Name one of the filters from the filter theory that people use for potential partners

Answer 21

Social demography OR Similarity in attitudes OR Complementarity

Question 22

NAME THE THEORY: Which level of the filter theory includes religion, ethnic group level of education, location and social classes?

Answer 22

Social demography

Question 23

NAME THE THEORY: Which level of the filter theory is the most important for couples who had been in a relationship for less than 18 months?

Answer 23

Similarity in attitudes

Question 24

What is the main concept of the 3rd level of the filter theory: complementarity

Answer 24

Two partners complement each other when they have traits the other lacks

Question 25

What did Kerckoff and Davies’ find was associated with closeness in a relationship but only with couples that were in a relationship less than 18 months

Answer 25

Closeness in a relationship was associated with similarity of values

Question 26

The filter theory was created in 1962, what type of validity does it lack?

Answer 26

Temporal validity

Question 27

What has been introduced since the filter theory which has changed the process of beginning a romantic relationship?

HINT Tinder, Hinge, Match.com

Answer 27

Online dating