week 3 Flashcards
The basic assumption of attraction
We are attracted to others who reward us or with whom we
associate rewards!
What are two types of rewards?
direct rewards(gift giving) and indirect rewards (joy from just spending time together)
Basic assumption of attraction 2:
We’re attracted to others who can help us get what we
currently want.
What are the 4 influences on attraction
- Proximity
- Physical Attractiveness
- Reciprocity
- Similarity
Proximity refers to
liking those near us
small distances have a larger influence on our relationship than most people realize
What was a study that proved proximity is important to in attraction
270 people living in buildings like this were asked to list their 3 closest companions
amoung those living on the same floor of a given building, how often did they name residents named someone living:
1 door away was the highest
Covience and proximity: proximity is blank and blank is costly
Proximity is rewarding, and distance is costly.
Whats a benefit of proximity
Partners who are close at hand are usually able to provide more
benefits at lesser expense than distant partners can.
familiarity: mere exposure to or to repeated contact with someone ussually
increases our liking for them
familiarity does not breed
contempt
A study focused on how much a female was liked depending on the amount of time she went into a classroom without saying anything
The more often she visited the better people rated liking her
physical attractiveness: we tend to automatically assume that attractive peple also have
desireable traits
Both male and female research participants judged that physically
attractive people were more likely than unattractive people to be:
kind, sensitive, sexually warm, strong, outgoing
Attractice faces in both sexes have two factors
average and symmetrical
what is average and what is symmetrical
average: possessing dimensions that neither too large or small
A womens body is considered most attractive if her waist to hip ratio is
.7, giving her an hourglass figure
Support for an evolutionary perspective on physical attractiveness
Standards of who is and who is not attractive are the same
around the world.
Babies have preferences for adults with attractive features like adults prefer
What is matching in physical attractiveness
People tend to pair off with others of similar levels of
physical attractiveness
the more serious and commited a relationship becomes the more obvious
matching usually is
What is reciprocity
LIKING THOSE WHO LIKE US
Most of us pursue partners who are likely to return our interest.
reciprocity formula
Desirability = Physical Attractiveness x Probability of Acceptance
What is balence theory consider reciprocity
Balance theory suggests that we prefer consistency and symmetry
in our relationships…
So, we like those who like us, and dislike those who dislike us.
Similarity in picking a partner refers to
LIKING THOSE WHO ARE LIKE US
Birds of a feather do flock together.
