HPS121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Physical Attractiveness, Ostracism, Psych
24 Sep 2018
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Social relations refers to relationships between two or more individual. A phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)o(cid:374) k(cid:374)o(cid:449) as the (cid:373)atchi(cid:374)g effect refers to ho(cid:449) people appear to refer ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g a dati(cid:374)g part(cid:374)er or spouse (cid:449)ho is of si(cid:373)ilar attracti(cid:448)e(cid:374)ess to themselves. Admirable personal characteristics: sincere, honest, understanding, loyal, truthful, trustworthy. Intelligent: dependable, thoughtful, considerate, bad, liar, unkind, phony, mean, cruel, dishonest, obnoxious, malicious. How people rate as physically attractive is consistent across cultures. Short term dating partners judge on physical attractive: found in heterosexual men, women and homosexual men. Composite images of peoples faces are often rated as highly attractive: generated using algorithms that average out faces, could be due to symmetry. In a research study by naomi eisenberger and colleagues, participants who were ostracised during a game of cyberball: Were more likely to display aggressive behaviour in a subsequent video game. Showed increased neural activity in the amygdala, suggesting a fear response occurred. Displayed in-group favouritism towards the other participants.
