Interpersonal AttractionHelpingSocial Interaction and Influence Interpersonal Attraction Reward attraction explanation: The notion that we are attracted to other people because they provide us with rewardsMere exposure effect: The finding that simply seeing another person frequently will increase attraction to that person Shared beauty effect: The fact that an individual will be rated as more attractive if he or she is with other attractive peopleGoodness stereotype: The tendency to perceive attractive people as more intelligent, poised, exciting, independent and better adjusted“birds of a feather flock together” Helping Social exchange explanation: The notion that we help others because we think that the reward for helping will be greater than the cost of the helping to usNegative relief state explanation: The notion that we help others to reduce our own negative emotional state that resulted from seeing the other persons in pain or anguishAltruism: The characteristic that leads people to help others without regard to self-benefit and strictly out of goodnessBystander effect: The fact that people are less likely to help another person if other individuals are present who could help Diffusion of responsibility: An explanation for the bystander effect which suggests that we are less likely to help when others are present because we share responsibility with others and therefore feel less
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