Chapter 1 Quiz: Why Study Seduction? The Science Behind the Game

Multiple Choice Questions

Select the best answer for each question. Answer key follows the short-answer section.

1. The word "seduce" derives from the Latin seducere, which means:

a) To attract, to draw toward b) To lead away or lead aside c) To reveal, to expose d) To please or to satisfy

2. The chapter identifies five primary disciplines that contribute to attraction science. Which of the following is NOT listed as one of those disciplines?

a) Neuroscience b) Sociology c) Anthropology d) Evolutionary psychology

3. Dr. Adaeze Okafor's position in the Montréal debate was best described as:

a) Starting with evolutionary hypotheses and letting data confirm or disconfirm them b) Arguing that cross-cultural research is impossible and should not be attempted c) Advocating for mixed methods so that neither quantitative nor qualitative data could disappear the other d) Arguing that only qualitative interviews can capture attraction meaningfully

4. The WEIRD acronym, coined by Henrich, Heine, and Norenzayan (2010), stands for:

a) White, European, Industrialized, Rich, Dominant b) Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic c) Western, Empirically-tested, Individualist, Rational, Democratic d) White, English-speaking, Industrialized, Research-oriented, Dominant

5. The Open Science Collaboration's 2015 landmark study on replication found that approximately what percentage of psychology studies successfully replicated?

a) 75% b) 60% c) 39% d) 22%

6. HARKing, a practice associated with the replication crisis, refers to:

a) Hiding a study's actual research questions from reviewers b) Hypothesizing After Results are Known — generating hypotheses after seeing the data c) Using extremely high sample sizes to guarantee statistical significance d) Running the same study at multiple sites to ensure replication

7. Helen Fisher's neuroimaging work on attraction identified three overlapping brain systems. Which of the following correctly names these three systems?

a) Arousal, bonding, and jealousy b) Lust, romantic attraction, and attachment c) Desire, pleasure, and long-term bonding d) Dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin

8. According to the chapter, the Dutton & Aron (1974) suspension bridge study is an example of what methodological approach?

a) Pre-registered experimental design b) Large-scale cross-cultural survey c) A deception study using a confederate d) Neuroimaging during naturalistic attraction

9. The concept of intersectionality was originally developed by:

a) Patricia Hill Collins to describe overlapping oppressions in Black feminist thought b) Kimberlé Crenshaw to describe how race and gender together shape experiences of discrimination c) Bell hooks as a critique of second-wave feminist universalism d) Judith Butler as part of her theory of gender performativity

10. The chapter argues that the distinction between is and ought is critical in applying attraction science. This distinction is most relevant to which of the following scenarios?

a) Deciding whether to use a survey or an experiment in research design b) Translating descriptive findings about average preferences into recommendations about how people should behave c) Determining whether a study's effect size is large enough to be meaningful d) Calculating whether a study has sufficient statistical power

11. Pre-registration of studies, now encouraged by major journals in psychology, refers to:

a) Submitting a paper for peer review before data collection begins b) Publishing the hypothesis and analysis plan before data collection, so that it is distinguishable from post-hoc analysis c) Registering participants in advance to ensure a representative sample d) Filing for copyright of research findings prior to publication

12. The chapter describes the three recurring questions of the textbook. Which of the following correctly states all three?

a) What does science say? How can we apply it? What does evolution predict? b) What does the evidence say? Who is this research about and who is missing? What are the ethical implications? c) What do evolutionary psychologists claim? What do sociologists claim? Which side has better evidence? d) What attracts people to each other? How can attraction be measured? What can we do about it?

Short Answer Questions

Respond to each of the following in 3–6 sentences. These questions ask you to demonstrate understanding and application, not to reproduce the chapter verbatim.

Short Answer 1:

Explain the replication crisis in your own words. Why does it matter specifically for attraction research? What practices have emerged in psychology to address it?

Short Answer 2:

The chapter distinguishes between the five disciplines that study attraction (social psychology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and communication studies). Choose any two of these and explain: (a) what distinctive perspective or method each brings to the study of attraction, and (b) what each field's characteristic blind spot or limitation is, as described in the chapter.

Short Answer 3:

The chapter argues that this textbook takes a "critical, intersectional, and methodologically honest" approach. Define each of these three terms as the chapter uses them, and explain why each matters for the study of attraction specifically — not just for social science in general.

Answer Key: Multiple Choice

1. b — seducere means "to lead away" or "to lead aside."
2. c — Anthropology is not listed among the five core disciplines. The chapter names social psychology, evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and communication studies.
3. c — Okafor advocated for mixed methods so that neither data type could disappear the other's findings.
4. b — Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic.
5. c — Approximately 39% of studies replicated successfully.
6. b — HARKing stands for Hypothesizing After Results are Known.
7. b — Lust, romantic attraction, and attachment.
8. c — The suspension bridge study is a classic deception study using an attractive female confederate.
9. b — Kimberlé Crenshaw, 1989.
10. b — The is/ought distinction is about the gap between descriptive findings and prescriptive recommendations.
11. b — Pre-registration means publishing the hypothesis and analysis plan before data collection begins.
12. b — What does the evidence say? Who is it about and who is missing? What are the ethical implications?