Regarding Research on Attraction, Which of the Following Statements Is

question 35

Multiple Choice

Regarding research on attraction, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Men, but not women, tend to emphasize physical attractiveness when assessing partners for casual sexual relationships.
• B)Compared to less attractive people, more attractive people are generally judged as more socially competent, intelligent, and psychologically adjusted; they are also judged as less modest and more vain.
• C)On average, people are more likely to marry others whose first or last names resemble their own.
• D)The saying "Birds of a feather flock together" is supported by research on interpersonal attraction.
• E)In considering the personality traits of an ideal partner, people tend to be interested in partners who match up with their own personality traits.

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Definitions:

Dissonance Levels

The degree of conflict or inconsistency experienced by a person when holding two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values.

Impression Formation

The mental process of developing opinions about other people.

Social Interaction

The process by which individuals act and react in relation to others, influencing and being influenced by the behaviors, feelings, and thoughts of one another.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to recall the first items in a sequence more readily than the middle items.