PSYCH 101 Chapter 13.2: PSYCH 101 – Textbook Notes 13.2

• School: UW
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 101
• Professor: Michael W Passer

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Women have a lot more to lose by having a baby. Women only produce a small number of eggs in her lifetime. Getting pregnant gets rid of 9 months to be able to conceive too. Men produce billions of sperm and can have babies basically whenever. Sex is a lot more riskier for women than men. Depends on situational factors: we only get to select from the pool of people we"ve met, geography has already ruled out most potential partners for you, mere exposure effect: Tendency for liking to increase with the frequency of exposure. People generally prefer familiar to unfamiliar stimuli: geographical accidents. People in fear may mistake their psychological arousal as a sign of attraction. Men in the middle of the swaying bridge were more likely to call the woman back. Depends on physical factors: man"s height, woman"s weight o.