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PSYCH 350: EXAM 5
What do we consider attractive?
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The Golden Ratio
1+2=3
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Symmetry effecting attraction
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We prefer a perfectly symmetrical face but that's not really possible
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Hip to waist and walking style
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Most preferred hip to waist ratio is either very extreme or does not exist
Women swing their hips more and men walk with their chests puffed up when they are being watched
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When do people with similar ratings match up?
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We know about how attractive we are and we are more likely to match up with someone about the same as us
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What do men and women find attractive?
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Women-attractiveness, job stability, health
Men- attractiveness
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What signals genetic health?
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Face, body, scent, voice
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Odor related to attraction
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Women don't like the smell of a man unless she's ovulating
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Who shows whether they are attracted to the other sex
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Women, they have more to lose (9 months vs. One night stand)
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Biochemicals influencing attraction
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Pheromones, sex hormones
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Ovulation and attraction
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Women find men more attractive when they are ovulating
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What biochemical indicates that love exists
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Vasopressin
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Radiating effect
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We look more attractive with attractive friends
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Physical attractiveness
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People will like you more based on how you look
Earn higher salaries, receive more attention from teachers
Picture-> phone call study
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Similarity
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One of the biggest attraction predictors, couples with similar personalities report more happiness, more likely to meet a partner at a place you both like (club, bookstore, coffee shop)
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Propinquity
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Physical proximity, the more we are around someone the more we like them
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Reciprocal Liking
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Whether or not we believe someone likes us back, if we think they do we are likely to like them more
High esteem- like people that like them
Low esteem- around people that bring them down
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Mere exposure effect
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We are more likely to like something we've been exposed to
Mice liking metal vs. Classical
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Sternberg Triangle of Love
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Theory of how these 3 aspects effects different realtionships
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Passion
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motivational aspect, physiological reactions (heart rate, perspiration), lasts about six months then fades
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Intimacy
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Emotional aspect, closeness, caring, communication, best predictor of a strong relationship, gradually becomes more intimate
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Commitment
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Cognitive aspect, short term commitment to dat, long term to marry, for,s over different decision points at different times
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Secure
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BEST relationships, responsive caregiver, trusting, high self esteem, comfortable with intimacy
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Fearful-Avoidant
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Afraid of Relationships, distant, inconsistent caregivers, wants to be close to people but fearful of being hurt, don't seek relationships
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Dismissive Avoidant
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Usually men, distant caregivers, suppress attachment needs to be independent, difficult to maintain relationships
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Anxious Preoccupied
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SHORTEST relationships, overbearing caregivers, insecure, clingy, scared of a lack of reciprocated love
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What makes the most successful relationships?
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Two securely attached people
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What is the mIn idea behind attachment theory
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Relationships with caregivers effect future relationships
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Conformity
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Conscious or unconscious change in behavior wither without explicit peer pressure
Ex. Conforming to fashion fads
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Obedience
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Following demands of someone with a higher power (or authority) than you
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Compliance |
Following request of someone no matter their power status
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What made participants more likely to complete Milgrams study
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Having an authority figure standing in the room giving commands
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Reactance
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A negative response to hearing you HAVE to do something
Aka. Teen rebellion
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Informational Influence
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Our behavior is shaped by those around us when we don't know what to do
Ex. Watching people use the bus when you don't know how
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Normative Influence
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Behavior shaped by desire to please other people
Ex. Going along with what other people say, lime study
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Need to Belong
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When people are ostracized they lose self worth and want badly to fit in, more likely to conform to what other people say
Ex. Leaving person out of the game, more likely to comply with line study
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