Explaining Behaviour

Question 1

How can schemas explain why we form relationships?

Answer 1

Dion et al (1972) - says that we assume that physicaly attractive people have attractive qualities

This schema is called the halo effect , therefore we are more likely to try and form a relationship with them

Question 2

How can internal mental processes effect our relationship formation?

Answer 2

A process called perception affects how we view people , meaning that how we perceive people through our memory of them effects if we want to continue the relationship

Question 3

What is the matching hypothesis and how does it relate to relationship formation?

Answer 3

It claims that we will form romantic relationships with people based off of our self-schemas (how we view ourselves) and how similar they are in areas such as attractiveness . Meaning we will try and match sub conciously