PSYC 11762 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Comparison Theory, Paralanguage, Proxemics
26 Apr 2019
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People are more willing to work hard if there is a group cohesion: others cite the fact that people join groups that are socially oriented, prosocial relations, no man lives in isolation. People need social relationships: social perception, nonverbal communication unspoken communication and the distance we keep from one another. Haptic physical contact: waitresses get larger tips, mood increases, must be appropriate, depends on the person. Eye contact: gazing steady, intent look (sign of friendship, staring looking fixedly with wide-open eyes (sign of anger) Proxemics, body language, facial expression, gestures, and appearance: attraction and relationships, relatively new to social psychology, psychologists generally only focus on individuals, romance and attraction isn"t a scholarly" thing to study. Similarity (chameleon effect: matching, mimicry, psychology of attraction, proximity: geographic nearness is a powerful predictor of friendship. Repeated exposure to stimuli increases their attraction (mere exposure effect): attraction, mere exposure.
