Saturday January 21 y Social Psychology Attraction Exclusion Vocab thin slicing judging a person s attributions from very minimal non interactive informa tion Ex active attentive likeable warm halo effect beautiful is good effect people assume people who are good at one thing are good at everything mere exposure effect like something more the more we are exposed to it Notes humans have a fundamental need to belong prisoners in solitary confinement talk through the toilets death rates higher for less connected people babies die without touch attraction is the first step to belonging attraction liking doesn t have to be romantic attractive people are slightly more intelligent on average averaging makes attractive Men Masculinity square jaw prominent chin heavier eyebrows thinner lips Women youth waist to hip ratio a ration of about 0 7 is seen as very attractive regardless of how large the woman is i e whether she is tall or short heavy or thin culture specific qualities across cultures women place more emphasis on statues than do men 1 Saturday January 21 y hip to waist ratio signals fertility so does youth testosterone is associated with dominance status seeking behavior dominance is associated with women bc dominant men are more likely to be able to secure resources that ensure survival offspring women are less likely to prioritize status in societies in which there is less of a gender difference in annual income Men women differ in standards for short term partners similar for long term partners men experience more unrequited love then women men overestimate sexual interest ambiguous feedback interpreted as good Ex i cant go on a date friday bc i have to wash my hair Oh i understand how about saturday then dumb dumber so your telling me theres a chance Yeah proximity very important in forming frienships relationships Case Studies Chartrand Bargh 199 Mimicry C and P engaged in interaction C mimicked P s body language or not ppl who were mimicked more by confederate reported that they liked the confederate more than participants who were not mimicked Segal 1974 Finding a friend police trainees assigned seats after 6 weeks people were close friends with ppl who occupied next seat next to them caveat if already dislike someone exposure can increase disliking Moreland Beach 1992 finding a parnter mere exposure 4 women enrolled in class 2 each showed up different amounts of time 0 5 10 15 people rated the person who they saw the most as the most attractive person also as the most similar to them 4th women 15 times Saturday January 21 y Li et al 2002 design your ideal spouse with 20 mate dollars given 10 different characteristics and traits of humor etc physical attractiveness yearly income intelligence kindness creativity sense each mate dollar corresponds to 10 percentile increase in that trait e g 2 mate dollars spent on attractiveness mate is in 20th percentile for attractiveness men spent more money on attractiveness women spent most of their money on intelligence and yearly income Provost et al 2008 women came in at different points in menstrual cycle rated how attracted they felt toward point light walkers only time women place a higher value on attractiveness is during ovulation Miller Maner 2009 smell tshirt worn b a different points in menstrual cycle men preferred the scent of women who was ovulating women voices higher pitch during ovulation faces are more round FSU Casual Sex Study Clark Hatfield 1989 Men about half would go on a date w attractive women more said go back to apartment 3 about 80 of men said they d have sex with her Saturday January 21 y Women women similar to men to go on date 10 agreed to go back to apartment No women agreed to have sex Kenrick et al 1990 women men require increasing levels of intelligence for someone they will have sex with be in a relationship with someone and get married to generally show same pattern with one exception men require similar level intelligence and other positive traits for women they date as women in the study that is atleast average require more intelligence to be in a relationship with a women more intelligence to marry her men standards are relaxed when it comes to sex Parental investment theory Trivers 1972 best for man short term mate best for women long term mate Error management theory Haselton Buss 2000 men overestimate sexual interest but not commitment women underestimate commitment but not interest men more costly to miss an opportunity for sex Close Relationships Vocab exchange relationships relationship for direct benefit from the other person Ex cashier dentist 4 Saturday January 21 y communal relationship relationship based on mutual love and concern Ex family friends self serving bias better than average effect investment model if its working you stay in relationship otherwise you leave short term fights fights lower relationship satisfaction long term fights fights early on prevent relationship problems later short term forgiveness forgiveness improves relationship satisfaction long term forgiveness forgiving too easily hurts relationship satisfaction Notes Stembergs Triangle passionate love more likely to end in divorce and unhappiness because it is short lived and is fickle passion physiological arousal sexual attraction necessary for being in relationship intimacy feeling of closeness sharing support mutual concern necessary for main taining commitment conscious decision to remain in relationship necessary for maintaining Passion decreases as the relationships treads onward commitment and intimacy in crease DONT commit yourself to a life of intimacy with a partner based soley on pas sion When the passion fades you want to actually like the other person who care com mitted to Investment Model Rusbult 1993 satisfaction how happy are you with your partner 5 available alternatives are there other who would make better partners Saturday January 21 y investment how much have I put into this relationship how much would I lose if I left cost to end relationship investment emotional pain mutual friends activities you done mutual property children Attachment Theory secure high trust support and comfort partners anxious clingy lts of support for partners too much avoidant dismissing fearful highly anxious and avoidant Sex within a relationship men desire more sex sex earlier in a relationship women desire for sex determines when sex happens Same sex relationships homosexual men have more sex partners than
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