Module 79: Attraction Flashcards
What are three factors in attraction?
Proximity, Attractiveness, & Similarity
Mere Exposure Effect
The phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking them
- ancestors - mostly likely had survival value. What was familiar was general safe and approachable
How does familiarity lead to acceptance?
Overtime people get used to the other and accept
- mere exposure helps accept
ex. white penguin excepted by tuxedoed penguins
Does the mere exposure effect apply to ourselves?
Researcher Lisa DeBruine found that humans like other people when their faces incorporate some morphed features of their own.
What is considered attractive?
Conceptions of attractiveness vary by culture and over time. Yet some adult physical features, such as a healthy appearance and a relatively symmetrical face seem attractive everywhere
What makes a face attractive?
Facial features that are neither unusually large nor small and symmetrical faces and bodies are perceived as more sexually attractive
How do our feelings influence our perceptions of attractiveness?
People who have more appealing traits are seen as more physically attractive.
As we see our loved ones again and again, their physical imperfections grow less noticeable and their attractiveness grows more apparent
Do opposites really attract?
In real life, opposites retract. More alike people are, the more their liking endures.
- like minded people = longer relationship & less fights
Similarity attracts perceived dissimilarity does not
How does being liked and respected ourselves impact attractiveness of others?
When we believe someone likes us, we feel good and respond to them warmly, which leads them to like us even more.
We will like those whose behavior is rewarding to us, including those who are both able and willing to help us achieve our goals.
How does love change over time?
Sometimes people move quickly from initial impressions, to friendship, to the more intense, complex, and mysterious state of romantic love.
If love endures, temporary passionate love will mellow into a lingering companionate love
Passionate Love
An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a romantic relationship.
- passionate love mixes something new with something positive
- we intensely desire to be with our partner
Passion
Seeing ou partner stimulates blood flow to a brain region linked to craving and obsession.
Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory of Emotion
Our physical reactions and our thoughts (perceptions, memories, and interpretations) together create emotion.
- emotions have two ingredients: physical arousal and cognitive appraisal
- an emotional experience, they argued, requires a conscious interpretation of the arousal
- crossing bridge experiment
Companionate Love
The deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined
- as love matures, it typically becomes a steadier companionate love, a deep, affectionate attachment
- in the most satisfying marriages, attraction and sexual desire endure, minus the obsession of early stage romance
What chemicals are involved in love?
Testosterone, Dopamine, & Adrenaline
- they flood the body and produce intense physiological changes during the passionate love phase
- as passionate love transitions to compassionate love, the release of oxytocin supports feelings of trust, calmness, and bonding with the mate.
