PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Homophily, Virginity, Histocompatibility

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Yara Kadulina

Document Summary

People nd faces most attractive when they are symmetrical. We tend to like people who like us. An exception to this rule is people may be even more attracted to someone they are uncertain about. Homophily > we are attracted to people who are similar to us. People are attracted to individuals with dissimilar immune systems. Mhc - the histocompatibility complex that"s used to distinguish self from non-self factors (infectious agents) Mating choices are in uenced by body-scent preferences that indicate mhc similarity-dissimilarity. Tendency of women to like more masculine faces when she is in fertile time in the month. When she is less fertile, she"ll prefer less masculine face. Most strategies worked for men begin approached by women. Women responded most favourably to third-party introductions, then direct introduction lines, and least to cute- ippant lines. Cute- ippant > making a joke/smart ass line. Innocuous > something innocent; ex: what do you think about the music? .