interpersonal attraction- lecture 4

Question 1

psychologists suggest attractiveness predicts:

Answer 1

• grades at school- clifford and waltser
• income- frieze et al
• sentences given by judges- downs and lyons

Question 2

perret et al

Answer 2

people preferred symmetrical faces to non symmetrical

theory of evolution

motivated to find a partner with strong genes

facial symmetry signals gene strength

Question 3

what other facial features are attractive?

Answer 3

men- prominent brow and cheekbones, wide jaw

females- smooth skin, high cheekbones

Question 4

features of physically attractive bodies

Answer 4

• women with hourglass shap- waist to hip ratio of .70
• men with broad shoulders and narrow waist

Question 5

investigations nto physically attractive bodies

Answer 5

• bodily symmetry- tovee et al 2000- greater bodily symmetry associated with greater reproductive ability in men and women
• sperm quality- manning et al 1998
• reproductive ability in women- manning et al 1997- used symmetry of breast scans

Question 6

investigations into the importance of attraction

Answer 6

• buss (1989)
• males preferred attractive partners
• females preferred good financial prospects
• greenlees and mcgrew (1994)
• men-described financial prospects and seeked attractive females
• women- described attractiveness and seeked financial prospects

Question 7

physcholgical features influencing attraction

Answer 7

1. proximity
2. familiarity
3. similarity

Question 8

proximity

Answer 8

how close someone is to an individual in distance

assessed this in student accommodation

65% friends lived in the same building

Question 9

familiarity

Answer 9

easier to get to know someoneif they live close to you

more often you see someone, more familiar they are to you

familiarity leads to increased liking (zajinc 1968)

moreland and beach 1992- had 4 cnfederates attend lecture series 0,5,10,15 times and measured how much the students liked each confederate

Question 10

similarity

Answer 10

montoya and horton 2012

meta analysis assessing relationship between similarity and liking

similarity positively correlated with liking- centrality, attitude vs personality

clore 1976- law of attraction- attraction is positively associated with the similarity between 2 people

Question 11

invitation

Answer 11

clark and hatfield 1989

between participants design

“i have been noticing you around campus. i find you very attractive. would you…”

1. go out with me tonight
2. come over to my apartment tonight
3. go to bed with me tonight

female more likely to agree to go out

males more likely to agree to go to bed

Hess and Flores- responding to toxic masculinity

silence, witty response, call out action

thompson 2018- 2 main themes in mens responses to rejection- not hot enough, missing discourse of consent