Chapter 9 Attraction Part 1 Oct 31 2011 Attraction Humans have social needs those with close friendships are happier Affiliation Loneliness What factors determine friendships 1 Proximity most powerful predictor We like those we are close to live with Why 2 Mere Exposure effect Mirror image example self vs friends preferences 3 Physical Attractiveness Predicts dating frequency and nature of interactions with others Matching phenomenon pair off with people of similar attractiveness What effect does this have Physical Attractiveness Influences adults judgments Attractive child rated more intelligent even though descriptions didn t differ Salary differences What is beautiful is good stereotype Any real differences Attractiveness Ratings Although beauty standards vary across time culture in general we prefer 1 2 Evolutionary explanation Liking and Similarity Which causes which Similarity Liking or Liking Similarity 2 step process Do opposites attract Complementarity hypothesis Any evidence for it
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