Which scenario is most consistent with the social expectancy theory?
a. A woman dressed in frumpy clothes with no make-up feels unattractive, but she decides to approach a man that she has a "crush" on anyway, thus making her appear more attractive to the man.
b. A woman dressed in frumpy clothes with no make-up feels unattractive, so she shies away from a man that she has a "crush" on, thus making her appear less attractive to the man.
c. An attractive gay man is more flirtatious with men than women at a party, thus making the women at the party feel insecure about their looks.
d. An attractive gay man is equally flirtatious with both men and women at a party, thus making the gay men at the party feel insecure about their looks.
ANS: B
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What is best illustrated by these differences between Victorian era and modern women? a. Victorian women were more likely to live by a strict moral code; but modern women, in general, are more apt to ignore this same strict moral code that exists even today. b. Psychological distress regarding sexuality is mostly due to our perceptions of how society judges our sexual behaviors. c. Today's women are more apt to experience feelings of lust and sexual arousal; however, feelings of lust and sexual arousal were rarer amongst women of the Victorian era. d. Victorian women were prohibited from communicating with one another about "matters of the heart;" however, today's women are encouraged to share their feelings particularly about relationships.
Which one of the following statements about mate preferences is accurate?
a) Men emphasize social status more than women. b) Women and men have fairly similar mate preferences. c) Women focus on attractiveness more than men. d) Men and women have extremely different mate preferences.
Which of the following describes dysmenorrhea?
A. Dysmenorrhea is a condition characterized by breast enlargement in men. B. It results from the infection of the female prostate. C. Dysmenorrhea refers to painful menstruation. D. It affects males resulting in a condition in which they can no longer produce sperm.
Bokolowa is a conservative country in which a rape victim is almost always punished for the incident and the rapist seldom prosecuted. Its citizens believe that rape occurs because a woman invited it in some way. Which of the following theoretical views of the nature of rape does this society adopt?
A. Rapes are the result of social disorganization. B. Rapes are related to the psychopathology of rapists. C. Rapes are the result of sociopolitical anomie. D. Rapes are victim-precipitated.