PSYCH 2C03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Reciprocal Liking, Homicide, Naturalistic Fallacy
13 Jun 2016
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Major antecedents for attraction: similarity: similarity attraction to ppl who are like us complimentarity attraction to those who are opposites of us reciprocal liking: in general, we like others who like us. Attraction and the misattribution of arousal: attraction can occur by misattribution of arousal mistakingly assuming that feellings of phyysiological arousal from some other source are caused by the presence of an attractive person in our environment. My heart is pounding! {attributing the arousal of a scary movie to your date } #1 reason for spousal abuse and homicide naturalistic fallecy - the idea that genes make us do stu (but they are not. Genes provide a predisposition, thats it) women"s attractiveness to men is dependent on whether they are in a high or low fertility time in their ovulatory cycle. Trivers parental investment theory - choosiness (women are choosy) vs. opportunism (men are opportunistic)
