PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Thumb, Equity Theory, Falsifiability
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Newborns are uniquely responsive to human faces (meltzoff, 1975). Baumeister & leary, (1995): the need to belong is a basic human motive, a pervasive drive to form and maintain at least a minimum quantity of lasting, positive, and significant interpersonal relationships. Best predictor of poor physical health is lonliness (mind-body barrier is crossed) Do humans (and other animals) have built-in sociostats ? maintain balance of social interaction and maintain it (some people like being around people longer than others) Latane & werner (1978): found that rats were more likely to approach other rats after a period of isolation and were less likely to approach other rats after a long period of contact. Then let them rate from a group of characters. They like the one they"ve been primed with. Of the woman: results: more exposure more liked. We like mirror pictures of ourselves more, friends like real picture of us more.
