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PSY - lec: attraction
PSY
7
Psychology
Undergraduate 2
12/03/2012

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3 basic facts about attraction
Definition
1. physical proximity plays large role in attraction and relationship formation
2. we like those who are physically attractive.
3. we like others who are similar to us
Term
reinformement theorists and the three facts regarding attractin
Definition
-proximity increaes chances of classicial conidtioning
- pleasent to look at attractive people. we associate pleasent feeligns with person
- similar people confirm our views. that makes us feel good and those feelings become assoicated with person
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soical norms approach to three facts regarding attraction
Definition
- can't adhere to norms of communal and echange relatinoships unless we come into contact with other person
- appracoh has little to say about attractivness
- we like those simlar attiudes becuase other can best understand us and we can best understand other.
Term
for self evaulation maintenecne : people strive to imporve thier self essteem thorugh
Definition
-refelction process ( you bask in attrctive personss glory)
- comparison precess (you feel good if you're better at something than someone else)
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SEM thoery and three facts regarding attraction
Definition
- proximity incresaes reflection and comparison porcesses. effects are postive then proximty should increase liking
- effect of physical attract. in reltinohisp depends on domain of comparison
- performance domain is complementary, not similiarity, that is good for close relationship ,.
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arouaal attribution theory and three facts regarding attraction
Definition
- people who are close to us are more liekly to be near when we are aroused or to arouse us
- we are attracted to phyically attractive people and those who are similar to us becuase we THINK they are more appropriate source of arousal than are others.
Term
four theories of people being attracted to eachother
Definition
classical conditioning
social norms
self-evalulation maintenance
arousal attribution.
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