(Fatal) Attraction Flashcards
What factors are related to attractiveness in women?
Babyfacedness
facial symmetry
Clear clear complexion, fair skin
Explain the romantic red effect
the colour red leads to higher levels of perceived attraction, increased perception of promiscuity and increased levels of mate guarding behaviours in women.
What were the independent and dependant variables in Elliot and Niesta’s romantic red experiment?
IND: The background in the photos of the women
DEP: perceived ratings of attraction
T/F: the red effect is also shown to be a major factor in measures of likability, intelligence and kindness
False
When men wear red, the effect is:
increased perceived levels of status
What factors of perceived similarity increase attraction?
personality
attractiveness
demographic
(PAD)
Who conducted the “stranger situation” experiment?
Ainsworth
Outline the “strange situation”
Testing an infant’s attachment and social referencing to Mum through a series of escalating scenarios involving a stranger and the child’s response to being left alone and maternal soothing.
What are the 3 main attachment types?
Secure
Anxious/Ambivalent
Anxious/Avoidant
an infant that shows high distress when mum leaves and hard to soothe when she returns would have a
Anxious/ambivalant attachment
an infant that shows low engagement and social referencing would be thought to have
Anxious/avoidant attachment
What are the factors that influence attachment style?
Consistent and sensitivity of care
Responsiveness of parents
Attachment orientations are most evident in:
A. Job Interviews
B. First Dates
C. Stressful situations
D. Times of conflict
C and D
Attachment styles are stable in about
70% of the population.
Commitment is
the tendency to maintain a relationship and feel attached to it.
