Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Casual Sex, Social Exchange Theory, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Sarah Stanton

Document Summary

One of the simplest determinants of interpersonal attraction is proximity. The people who you see by chance (ex/ your next door neighbour) are most likely to become your friends and lovers. Functional distance is certain aspects of architectural design that make it likely some people will come in contact with each other. If there are two exits out of your apartment. One side of the hall exits one way and the other side exits the other. You are more likely to become friends with the people on your side of the hall because you bump into each other. Propinquity effect also includes people in your city, neighbourhood, street on a macrolevel. It is due to the mere exposure effect- the more exposure we have to a stimulus, the personalities based off pictures. The girls that were in the guys class were rated higher even though they had never interacted. more apt we are to like it.