Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Reciprocal Liking, Physical Attractiveness, Decibel Watt

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

> dean of indiana university sailed to ireland alone. > psychologist offered students 50 dollars a day to stay in a room alone with no contact. Part 1: specific factors (text p 247- 280: in initial encounters: They simply have to be present when we experience positive or negative affect (eg. hot rooms, bad news, unpleas, music) * in one study people were put in a room with stranger in comfortable/uncomfortable temperatures the stranger was liked more in comfortable temperatures stranger has nothing to do with temperatures. > a relationship exists whenever people interact on a regular basis: satisfaction with a relationship depends on, rewards (what a person receives, costs (what person contributes, rewards and costs can be expressed in terms of a ratio: r/c. Your partner is over-benefitted : inequity makes the relationship unpleasant: Over-benefitted person feels guilty: so people will attempt to restore equity.