Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Cherry Pie, Physical Attractiveness, Payphone

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: All

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Attraction: mere exposure, emotional state, physical attractiveness. How do i decide who to date: propinquity, physical proximity. Increases chance that 2 people come into contact: bossard (1932, 50% of brides and grooms lived within 20 blocks prior to marriage; 30% within 5 blocks. Festinger et al: military base study, checked people into random apartments, people who lived in same building liked each other more, people who lived on the same floor liked each other more, ease of i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374) i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t . Side by side vs different rows: mere exposure. The honorable puplvapies" on most signs in town: election day showed up and people wrote in pupvapies so he won the election. Zajonc (1968,70: repeated exposure enhances attraction, photograph study. See a bunch of photos and rate attractiveness: more times shown the same photos, you liked it more and more, very robust effect, can get it with anything Words, names, labels: but, the initial reaction "must" be neutral or mildly positive.