PSYC 333 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Etiquette In Technology, Mania, Storge

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 333
• Professor: Caroline F Pukall

Document Summary

Intimacy: feelings of closeness and connection that one feels with another. Key reason for engaging in sexual activity. Females and males report that being attracted to a person was the number one reason for engaging in sexual intercourse. Mere-repeated-exposure effect: repeated exposure can influence attraction. Proximity makes it more likely that people will be repeatedly exposed to one another. Provides opportunity for people to meet and develop attraction to one another. Non-physical characteristics selected as important in a long-term partner: but physical attraction may be what propels people toward one another in the first place. Physical attraction emphasized when finding a short-term partner. Gender differences: men place more emphasis on opposite-sex physical attractiveness than women. People are attracted to faces that are (cid:494)average(cid:495) and symmetrical: average means (cid:494)quite good looking(cid:495) Level of femininity and attractiveness: more feminine faces reported to be more attractive, mixed for male faces. Both feminine and masculine faces rated as attractive in men.