Relationships: Factors Affecting Attraction Flashcards
What is the KEYWORD: When you reveal personal information about yourself
Self - disclosure
What is the name of the theory whereby you gradually reveal yourself to someone and reveal your inner self
Social Penetration Theory
What is the main concept of the social penetration theory?
Don’t go in too deep too fast
As depth and breadth develop in a relationship, what type of information is revealed first?
Superficial information/low risk
As depth and breadth develop in a relationship, what type of information is revealed once you’re in a committed relationship?
Intimate/High risk
What did Sprecher and Hendrick find strong correlations between?
Satisfaction and Self disclosure
Why might correlational research be a problem?
Only a relationship and not a cause and effect
What other factors might affect how successful a romantic relationship might be?
Physical attractiveness and similarity in attitudes
Research into self disclosure is carried out using self report methods, why might this be a problem?
It could lead to social desirability bias
Define social desirability bias
Participants lying to present themselves in the best possible light
According to research by Shackleford and Larsen, which type of people were found to be more attractive?
People with symmetrical faces
According to research by Shackleford and Larsen, which type of people were found to be more attractive?
People with symmetrical faces
Why might having a symmetrical face be a sign of honest genetic fitness?
Symmetrical faces is difficult to fake
What does it mean when someone has neotenous features?
Baby - face
Why are women with neotenous features more attractive?
They trigger a protective and caring instinct which is a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce
Physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong and sociable, what effect is this known as?
Halo effect
Name the key term: Believing that good looking people probably also have good characteristics makes them even more attractive to us
Self fulfilling prophecy
What do we mean by the matching hypothesis
Stay in your league!
Research has found that online daters sought meetings with potential partners who were more physically attractive than them and did not consider their own level of attractiveness, which theory is this contradicting?
Matching Theory
What did American and Korean students judge physically attractive people as?
Trustworthy, friendly and mature
TRUE/FALSE: There are many similarities across cultures when studying physical attractiveness?
TRUE
Name one of the filters from the filter theory that people use for potential partners
Social demography OR Similarity in attitudes OR Complementarity
NAME THE THEORY: Which level of the filter theory includes religion, ethnic group level of education, location and social classes?
Social demography
NAME THE THEORY: Which level of the filter theory is the most important for couples who had been in a relationship for less than 18 months?
Similarity in attitudes
