PSYCO241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Sexual Arousal, Parental Investment, Work Ethic
3 Apr 2016
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Bonnie"s in love change in sleeping patterns. Schneidman 2012: when people are in love, they experience a surge in oxytocin which lasts about six months (have more oxytocin in body) Aaron paris (1995): studied university students who are in love experienced higher self-esteem and diverse self-concept when in love: when falling in love, it"s as if the self-concept opens up and includes other into self . Bad news: diicult to study / don"t really know much scientiically about being in love. Good news: maybe that"s a good thing. [side note: religion used to be prominent worldview before. Enlightenment but religion is an important safety net, just like love think ernest becker] 3 factors that afect interpersonal attraction: familiarity, similarity, physical attractiveness, familiarity: literally, how often we see someone. Why: more interaction, mere exposure e. g. , studies w/ mirror images of the self. Because: every time you look at yourself, it"s through a reversed image of yourself (the mirror) mere exposure.
