PSYS 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hourglass Figure, Shy People, Eustress
4 Nov 2016
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Affiliation: humans are happier when we are interacting with others. It"s good to ha(cid:448)e four really good frie(cid:374)ds increases our need to affiliate with others both distress (bad stress) and eustress (good stress: reduces need to affiliate: People with social anxiety will express loneliness but want to be with others. Loneliness: being alone is different than being lonely. What causes us to want to affiliate: rewarding. To affiliate with others because it boosts our self esteem: survival of the species. Wanting to affiliate with others in order to move the species along. Familiarity: people we are familiar with, become familiar with people who are in our proximity. It"s (cid:448)ery (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) that people (cid:373)arry ea(cid:272)h other (cid:449)ho gre(cid:449) up (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1004)-15 miles of you: proximity is best predictor of who we will be attracted to, exposure. The more you are exposed to a stimuli, the more you accept it. Physical attractiveness: even babies prefer to look at attractive humans.
