Human Sexuality 2e, Practice Quiz: Chapter 12

. Which of the following factors tends to increase scores of attractiveness for all types of males by females?

The male's facial symmetry

Whether the female is ovulating

Whether the female is over 25

Whether the female has the same/different MHC than then male

. Which of the following is true about how knowledge (or lack of it) can affect attractiveness ratings?

We are more likely to be physically attracted to people who are more intelligent.

We are more likely to be physically attracted to people who have not told us if they are attracted to us.

We are more likely to be physically attracted to people whom we know are attracted to us.

We are more likely to be physically attracted to strangers.

. What is the technical term for being attracted to someone who is similar to you?

Homophily

The mere-repeated-exposure effect

Companionate love

Pragma love

. Which of the following is true about the success of women using various types of "pick-up" lines?

Men respond similarly to all types of lines but prefer direct lines.

Men respond better to direct lines and prefer direct lines.

Men respond similarly to all types of lines and don't prefer one type over another.

Men respond more positively and prefer cute-flippant pick-up lines.

. According to Bartholomew (1990), what attachment pattern will a person who has a positive model of themselves and a positive model of others have?

Dismissing

Secure

Fearful

Preoccupied

. Which of the following is more likely to be true of people from individualistic cultures than people from collectivist cultures?

They are more likely to rate friendship as a criterion for marriage.

They are more likely to rate love as a criterion for marriage.

They are more likely to be comfortable with arranged marriages.

They are more likely to have altruistic reasons for getting marriage.

. Marshall and Lily met at a bar and eloped the next day. What type of love were they likely feeling?

Consummate love

Empty love

Fatuous love

Romantic love

. Which of the following is true of research on romantic love?

It is only found in the early stages of relationships.

It is only found in the middle stages of relationships.

It is rarely found in people who are married.

It can be found in people in very long-term relationships.

. Which of the following is the most often reported emotion associated with optimal sex?

Attraction

Love

Intimacy

Friendship

. Decreases in physical attraction to a partner in longer relationships can be best attributed to which of the following?

The partners getting older and less attractive overall

Habituation

The recency effect

The familiarity effect

. Some of the proximity effect on feelings of attraction has been explained by which of the following?

MHC

Female menstrual cycles

The mere-repeated-exposure effect

Facial symmetry

. Which is true about ratings of body attractiveness around the world?

Average bodies are rated the highest everywhere.

Bodies with the lowest body mass indexes are rated the highest everywhere.

Female bodies with higher WHRs are rated highest everywhere.

Different body types are preferred in different countries.

. What is one possible reason for the link between ovulation and ratings of male attractiveness?

More masculine faces may indicate greater immunity, meaning better potential fathers.

More masculine faces make men seem more protective and thus better fathers.

Less masculine faces indicate lower sperm counts.

Less masculine faces indicate less testosterone and a person who will be easier to parent with.

. Which type of approach is a woman most likely to prefer in a social setting such as a club?

A sexually overt approach such as grinding on the dance floor

A verbal approach with a funny joke

A physical approach that is not sexual, such as touching their shoulder or hand

A verbal approach that opens a conversation

. When attachment is thought of in terms of avoidance of intimacy and anxiety about rejection, a fearful attached person would be which of the following?

Low on avoidance, high on anxiety

High on avoidance, low on anxiety

High on avoidance, high on anxiety

Low on avoidance, low on anxiety

. Which type of love is defined in a similar way across cultures?

Passionate love

Companionate love

Romantic love

Consummate love

. Of Lee's six types of love, which values the long-term relationship over the short-term one?

Pragma

Storge

Agape

Ludus

. In what percentage of couples does NEITHER partner monitor the others' Internet activity?

20 per cent

33 per cent

50 per cent

67 per cent

. Which of Sternberg's types of love is comprised of intimacy and commitment?

Infatuation

Consummate

Romantic

Companionate

. According to a research study in your text, what percentage of women are MORE distressed by sexual infidelity than emotional infidelity?

52 per cent

75 per cent

34 per cent

17 per cent

. In a study by Singh and Bronstad (2001), men were asked to sniff t-shirts that were worn by females at different times during their menstrual cycle. They were then asked to rate the intensity, pleasantness, and sexiness of the body odour left on the T-shirt. Which of the following was a conclusion from that study?

Men rated women's body odour as more sexy and pleasant during the women's follicular phase.

Men rated women's body odour as more sexy and pleasant during the women's luteal phase.

Men rated women's body odour as more sexy and pleasant during all phases of the women's menstrual cycle.

Men rated women's body odour as unsexy and unpleasant during all phases of the women's menstrual cycle.

. The two-factor theory of love best explains what type of love?

Consummate love

Passionate love

Companionate love

Empty love

. "When my lover doesn't pay attention to me, I feel sick all over." Which of the following love styles proposed by Canadian researcher John Lee would this attitude from the Love Attitudes Scale best fit?

Eros

Mania

Ludus

Agape

. Based on research from Schneider, which of the following statements is true regarding the partners of people involved in cybersex?

The partner reported feelings of betrayal and devastation.

The partner reported feelings of sexual inadequacy.

The partner reported a loss of desire in the relationship.

The partner reported increased thoughts of suicide.

. Which two parts (sub-theories) make up Sternberg's duplex theory of love?

The theory of love styles and the two-factor theory of love

The theory of love as a story and the triangular theory of love

The triangular theory of love and the theory of love styles

The two-factor theory of love and the theory of love as a story

. In general, people seem to be most attracted to faces that are asymmetrical.

TRUE

FALSE

. We tend to be attracted to others who are similar to us.

TRUE

FALSE

. The two most common types of love are passionate love and companionate love.

TRUE

FALSE

. The three components in the triangular theory of love are intimacy, passion, and attraction.

TRUE

FALSE

. Social networking sites are linked with increasing jealousy in relationships.

TRUE

FALSE

. Research has suggested that what women perceive as attractive varies at different stages in their menstrual cycles.

TRUE

FALSE

. Attachment theory states that our childhood attachment experiences have little to do with our adulthood attachments.

TRUE

FALSE

. People who hook up often do so after they have been drinking alcohol.

TRUE

FALSE

. Passionate love seems to share brain patterns with other euphoric states, such as cocaine-induced euphoria.

TRUE

FALSE

. Research shows that one in three married couples had at least one partner who had monitored the other's online activities without the other knowing.

TRUE

FALSE

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