PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Sukha, Classical Conditioning, Physical Attractiveness

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

Psych 2310 attraction and intimacy november 21, 2013. Physical proximity plays a large role in attraction and relationship formation. We like those who are physically attractive. We like those who are similar to us. Belief in religion, status, education, attitudes and many. Classical conditioning other dimensions: unconditioned stimulus unconditioned response, conditioned stimulus no response, conditioned stimulus + unconditioned stimulus conditioned. Conditioning and attraction: reinforcement theorists and the three facts regarding attraction. Proximity increases the chances of classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is less likely to happen if you are not close to the person (proximity) It is pleasant to look at attractive people. We associate the pleasant feeling with the attractive person, and we associate the good feeling we experience when we look at the attractive person, to the person. That makes us feel good and those feelings become associated with the person.