Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cherry Pie, Physical Attractiveness
13 May 2018
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Attraction
•Facilitating factors"
•Physical Proximity "
•increases chances that 2 people come into contact"
•Bossard"
•50% of brides and grooms lived within 20 blocks prior to marriage
and 30% within 5 blocks "
•festinger "
•assigned people to apartment blocks"
•one year after moving in people who lived next to each other liked
each other ore then people in other buildings or down the hall"
•the more likely we interact with someone the more likely we are to like them"
•but the initial reaction must be neutral or mildly positive "
•if the initial reaction is negative related exposure results in decreased
liking "
•mita"
•normal vs mirror image photos"
•developed right left reversal photo and normal photo"
•they were asked which do you like better "
•the friend liked the normal camera photo and the individual liked the
reversal photo "
•this explains why people hat photos of themselves "
•Emotional state"
•when sad music is played at the bar then people drink more and be sadder
themselves "
•can music influence attraction? yes"
•they like photos when positive music is played and dislike them when
negative music is played"
•initial impressions are influenced by opening lines"
•most preferred"
•hi"
•do you want to dance"
•whats good here"
•want a beer or coffee while we wait "
•least preferred "
•your place or mine "
•i bet i can out drink you "
•i bet the cherry pie isn't as sweet as you "
•those are real nice undies you have there "
•Physical attractiveness"
•single most important thing in attraction "
•it is important in mean and women "
•not every responds int he same fashion "
•features people find attractive?"
• men find younger women more attractive almost child like "
•babyfaced women "
•women like mature dominant face "
•older looking "
•gays and lesbian data is inconsistent "
•prefer hip to waist ration in 0.6 to 0.7 range"
•once we identify someone as attractive the Halo effect kicks in"
•attractive people are seen to have positive attributes as well"
•socially adjusted or competent or brighter"
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•names base your attractiveness "
Attractiveness, stereotypes and dating
•people who are more physically attractive have more dates, social interactions and more
social success"
•McDonald and Eilenfield "
•gazing at self in mirrored wall "
•individuals behind the wall sat there and clocked how long they spent looking a
themselves "
•when looked at themselves longer then men "
•the more attractive you are rated the longer you look in the mirror "
•rating of individuals as attractive depends ont he context you do the rating in "
•Gutierres and Kenrick"
•men rated attractiveness of photos in a dorm room "
•the photos were rated while charlie's angles were playing int he back ground or
another show was"
•the ratings of attractiveness was lower when charlie's angels was on then when
something else was on "
•attractiveness is related to time "
•at a bar people get more attractive the later you are there "
•our concept of attractiveness changes we get more desperate"
•who do you date?"
•anyone who said they were good looking wanted a good-looking partner "
•but who is he best partner?"
•the matching hypothesis "
•what we seek is someone at our own attractiveness level "
•when we match attractiveness it is a stable relationship "
•we prefer the best but choose similar "
Violent Media Content
•television "
•by age of 5 watches 2-3 hours per day of TV"
•by 16 they witness more than 13000 murders "
•98% of households have at least one Tv et "
•more then households with bathtubs and telephone "
•children watch the most "
•barker and ball"
•8 out of ten shows contain some type of violence"
•act of violence occurs every 16 minutes"
•murder every 31 minutes "
•93.5% of cartoons contains violence "
•good guys are just as violent as bad guys "
•pain and suffering are rarely shown "
•about 50% of killers do not suffer"
•most people believe that there is too much violence on TV"
•Tv images are consistent"
•more likely to engage in violence if you're a minority"
•strangers should not be trusted "
•whites do not get killed as often as nonwhites "
•police are frequently violent "
•violence often goes unpunished often "
•both good and bad people use violence "
•violence is a successful means to an end "
•Does Tv violence cause aggression? or influence it?"
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Facilitating factors: physical proximity increases chances that 2 people come into contact, bossard. Violent media content television by age of 5 watches 2-3 hours per day of tv by 16 they witness more than 13000 murders. 98% of households have at least one tv et: more then households with bathtubs and telephone children watch the most barker and ball. 8 out of ten shows contain some type of violence act of violence occurs every 16 minutes: murder every 31 minutes. 93. 5% of cartoons contains violence good guys are just as violent as bad guys pain and su ering are rarely shown about 50% of killers do not su er: most people believe that there is too much violence on tv. Asch"s conformity studies his experiment the research subject followed along with the group private acceptance no conformity greatly reduced if subjects can answer anonymously. Milgram: milgram studies compliance with serious requests subjects recruited by ads.
