Ch. 18 Psychology Individual Ineraction

Proximity means:

• sharing similar interests as another person

• being emotionally close to someone

• being physically or functionally close to someone

• being in the same mindset as someone

Your best friend is likely to be someone who is:

• sitting next to you in class

• lives near you

• works with you

• all of the above

Closer proximity leads to more encounters which leads to:

• similiarity

• familiarity

• proximity

• indigestion

Which of the following increases the likelihood of attracting someone?

• frequent encounters

• relaxed encounters

• knowing things about their life

• all of the above

Mita et al. (1977) studied:

• preferences in mirror images

• friendliness of college roommates

• friendliness of police trainees

• geology

The fact that we are attracted to people who laugh at the same jokes is evidence of:

• familiarity

• physical attractiveness

• proximity

• similarity

The theory that proposes that we are attracted to people of a similar level of attractiveness to ourselves is known as:

• reciprocity principle

• matching hypothesis

• popularity theory

• cognitive dissonance

People like to be with others whose needs, behaviours and resources complement their own. This is known as:

• the complimentary factor

• matching hypothesis

• reciprocity principle

• the complementary factor

Burris et al. (2009) found that heterosexual females preferred males with facial scars for:

• friendships

• long-term relationships

• short-term relationships

• study partners

People are more likely to be attracted to optimistic people than negative people.

• True

• False