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10- Attraction Flashcards

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What is interpersonal attraction?

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A force between 2 people that draws them towards each other rather than apart

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What does interpersonal attraction apply to?

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Friendship as well as romantic relationships

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What does evolutionary psychology suggest about attraction?

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What motivates mate choice is reproductive fitness

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What is reproductive fitness?

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Qualities/characteristics that people find attractive are those that signal fitness

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What preference did human attractiveness evolve from?

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A preference for healthy, fertile mates

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3 features of attractive faces

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Healthy, symmetrical, average

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5 theories of attraction

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Ideal characteristics, proximity, familiarity, similarity, complementary

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3 factors of proximity and attraction

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Availability, anticipation of future interaction, familiarity

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What is the mere exposure effect?

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Repeated exposure results in greater attraction

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What did Moreland and Beach find?

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Likeability increased by attending more lectures

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What 3 things increase attraction through similarity?

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Attitudes, values, traits

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When is similarity more important?

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The more you get to know someone

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When are you more likely to like someone?

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The more you have in common with someone

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3 reasons why similarity is important

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Reinforcement, reciprocity, less conflict

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What is the matching hypothesis?

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Similar desirability levels

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Who are rated more alike in attractiveness levels?

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Real-life couples

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How do we avoid rejection?

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Approach equal-status others

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How does Carson (1969) describe the complementarity hypothesis?

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Complementary levels of dominance/submission attract

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How do Markey & Markey (2007) describe the complementarity hypothesis?

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Dominance/submission dissimilarity linked to attraction and relationship quality

20
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What part of the complementarity hypothesis is only supported in some domains?

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No evidence for opposite attitudes or values

21
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How did Krueger & Caspi (1993) investigate personality similarity vs complementarity?

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Women rated dating profiles as similar or different from themselves

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What did Krueger & Caspi (1993) find?

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Warm and stable profiles were generally rated more positively, people generally liked more similar profiles

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How did McGloin & Denes (2017) investigate attractiveness vs similarity in online dating?

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Heterosexual participants saw a physically enhanced vs natural photo of an online dating profile

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What did McGloin & Denes (2017) find?

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Enhanced photos were judged as more attractive but less trustworthy

25
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How can a situation influence attractiveness?

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Can cause emotional arousal to influence how attractive we find people to be

26
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How did Dutton & Aron (1974) investigate emotional arousal?

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They surveyed men after they had crossed a shaky bridge or a stable bridge

27
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3 theories of attraction

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Reinforcement-affect model, social exchange model, equity model

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Who does the reinforcement-affect model say that we like around?

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People who are around when we experience positive feelings

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3 factors that the reinforcement-affect model says influences attractiveness

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Situation, similarity, ideal characteristics

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What does the reinforcement-affect model account well for?

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Friendships but not long-term relationships

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What does the social exchange model say about the social environment?

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It is a marketplace where humans can satisfy our needs

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How is liking and commitment determined (social exchange model)?

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By a cost-reward ratio

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How else is attraction affected (social exchange model)?

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By comparison level for alternatives

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How does the equity model define relationships?

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As equitable when the ratio of inputs to outcomes is seen to be the same by both partners

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What does the equity model say marriage is?

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A mutual exchange of resources

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What does the equity model say that love is?

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Often nothing but a favourable exchange between two people who can get the most of what they can expect

37
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Why is attraction research heteronormative?

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Most research focuses on heterosexual attraction

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How is research explicitly heteronormative?

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By recruiting/analysing only heterosexual participants

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How is research implicitly heteronormative?

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By using female confederates and assuming that all male participants will be attracted to them

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What is social exchange theory?

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Homosexual relationship costs and alternatives may differ

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