PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Nextdoor, Physical Attractiveness, Reproductive Health
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Attraction: generally positive feelings about another person that inspires interest, liking, and attention toward that toher. A core component of liking, love, friendship, lust, etc. People are more attracted to familiar others. Proximity effect: the more we see and interact with people, the more likely they are to be. 65% of friends lived in same building. Mere exposure effect attractive female sat in on college classes. Iv: number of class visits (0, 5, 10, 15) People rated her as more attractive when she visited the class more times. People tend to prefer physically attractive to unattractive others. High agreement for facial attractiveness across ages and cultures. Certain features are reliably associated with judgements of attractiveness. Upper half of the face broader in relation to the lower half. Infants prefer to look at symmetrical patterns. Symmetry is correlated with mental and physical health. Ideal whr"s (waist-hip-ratios) for both sexes correlated with reproductive health.
