Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Dr Pepper, Robert Sternberg, Neil Clark Warren
2 Apr 2013
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More likely to meet and be attracted to the boy/girl next door than the one who lives across town. Mere-exposure effect- the tendency to like a person more if we have been exposed to him/her repeatedly. Homophily- the tendency to have contact with people who are equal in status. A reason for homophily by ethnicity is that persons from ethnocultural minorities tend to live in socially and economically separate communities. Matching phenomenon- the tendency for men and women to choose as partners people who match them, who are similar in attitudes, intelligence, and attractiveness. Research shows that similarity in attitudes is important, but personality similarities is not. Physical attractiveness is more important to males evaluating females than it is to females evaluating males. Our perception of attractiveness is influenced by our evaluation of their intelligence, liking, and respect. Twice as many women as men choose an extraordinary face and ordinary body.
