PSYC 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Physical Attractiveness, Iggy Arbuckle
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Attraction: desire to approach or stay near another, three primary themes emerge from early research, familiarity, similarity, reciprocity. Darling, get closer to me (shin et al. , 2018: experiment 1: read romeo and juliet to a confederate. He thinks he has a better shot at a date if she is standing closer to him: experiment 2: stereoscopic viewing. Identified the closer face as more attractive: experiment 3: watched video of silent, staring confederate. Changed how close the camera was to this confederate. 60cm vs. 150cm: physical proximity changes the degree to which we think people like us, moderated by current relationship status, propinquity effect doesn"t play an effect in those in a close committed relationship. Propinquity = liking: propinquity includes physical distance. More important is psychological, or functional distance: examples: westgate apartments. Apartment 2 more likely to say they"re closer to apartment 7 on the second floor than apartment 3 on the same floor.
