PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Storge, Social Exchange Theory, Collectivism

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY220H1
• Professor: Ashley Waggoner Denton

Document Summary

Effects and physical attractiveness (snyder, tanke, & berscheid, 1977) Had telephone conversation with a different woman, but they believe it was the woman in the. Other participants who had not been shown the photo then listened to the female half of the conversation. Dvs: male ss pre-conversation expectations & post-(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:396)satio(cid:374) (cid:396)ati(cid:374)g; othe(cid:396) pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ipa(cid:374)ts(cid:859) personality ratings of the female. Men shown the attractive photo expected the woman to be more engaging, poised, humorous. Men shown unattractive photos expected the woman to be more awkward, serious, unsociable. Importantly, these expectations were realized not only for men, but for outside observers who listened to the female half of the conversation. The expectations of the men altered the behavior of the women self-fulfilling prophecy. *our interactions with attractive people bring out the best in them! Familiarity: averageness closer to the (cid:862)a(cid:448)e(cid:396)age fa(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:373)o(cid:396)e att(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e, proximity mere exposure increase attractiveness.