PSYC 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 72: Interpersonal Attraction, Casual Sex
8 Mar 2016
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Affiliation and attraction: prosocial behaviour behaviours towards others that is helpful, constructive, or altruistic. Humans have a need to affiliate the desire to associate with other people: interpersonal attraction social attraction to another person. What are factors that influence our attraction to others . Familiarity our choice of friends, lovers, is often very based of physical proximity. Similarity how alike you to another person is a good indicator for friendship and marriage. Homogany study found that married couples where often very similar in age, region, education, etc. Physical attractiveness the halo effect, tendency to generalized a favourable impression to unrelated characteristics. Attractive people are often believe to be more likeable, intelligent, etc. Similar response between two people: self-disclosure the process of revealing private thoughts, feelings, and ones personal history to others. Build trust and intimacy, but if it happens to fast or inappropriate it does the opposite. Different love arise from combination of the three components of love.
