PSYC 2310 Lecture 15: Attraction.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

The brain in love: findings, high activity in the caudate nucleus, very fine, share this with many other animals, high activity in the ventral tegmental area (vta) was found, this region produces dopamine making cells and distributes dopamine to many brain regions. Three facts of attribution: proximity, theory does not offer a biological explanation for proximity in attraction, symmetry (physical attractiveness, the ventral tegmental area (vta) lit up in response to a beautiful face (aharon et al. , 2001, similarity, similar genetics types gravitate toward one another, subconscious attraction. The arranged marriage: worldwide, the most common method of mate selection is by arrangement (ingoldsby, 1995, loved based marriage is less present in the extended family systems than in nuclear structures (lee and stone, 1980, arranged marriages can be seen as beneficial for some societies (fax, 1975, xiaohe & whyte"s (1990) study on martial satisfaction.