ATTRACTION

Question 1

FACTORS IN THE FORMATION OF ATTRACTION

Answer 1

• Physical Attractiveness
• Demographic Similarity
• Proximity
• Attitude Similarity
• Similarity in Personality

Question 2

PHYSICAL ATTRACTIONS

Answer 2

• First thing people notice is appearance
• eg. physical attractiveness; clean or dirty
• Women in particular are seen as attractive if they have a baby face

Question 3

MEN

Answer 3

• Square jaw, small eyes, thin lips; attractive

- Regarded as signs of maturity

Question 4

EVIDENCE

Answer 4

• Brigham (1971) reported physically attractive people are thought of as being general attractive; known as the Halo Effect

Question 5

THE WATCHING HYPOTHESIS

Answer 5

• Actively seek individuals who are most like ourselves (attractive wise)
• This compromise is necessary because of fear of rejection from a more attractive person

Question 6

EVOLUNTIONARY EXPLANATION OF ATTRACTIVE

Answer 6

• Humans are programmed to find a suitable mate for reproduction
• This women can increase his chance for successful off spring, since youth and good looks are good signs for reproductive potential

Question 7

PROMIXITY

Answer 7

• Festinger et al (1950) found students who lives in close proximity of each other formed strong/close friendships because of continued exposure (seeing someone who lives on the same floor as you) in his study of graduates who lived in 17 two story flats had close friends who lives in the same building (2/3rd)

Question 8

ATTITUDE SIMILARITY

Answer 8

• Bryne et al (1968) found attitude similarity was very important for interpersonal attraction. They arranged matters so that the person seemed to have similar attitudes the participates on either 75% or 25% of topics
• Findings; only when similarity was related to topic of important that it affected attractiveness

Question 9

DEMOGRAPHIC SIMILARITY

Answer 9

• Demographics such as age, sex and social class have long since been linked with relationships. These characteristics certainly affect friendship

Question 10

SIMILARITY IN PERSONALITY

Answer 10

• People who have similar personalities are most likely to become involved with each other
• Winch (1958) argued for opposites, however similarities have been found to be important. Burgess and Wallin (1953) obtained information from 1000 engaged couples – there was significant couple similarities (feeling