PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Belongingness, Ingratiation, Physical Attractiveness
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Melena scantlin said she didn"t care about physical attractiveness before going on a reality dating site. Attraction: anything that draws two or more people together. Making them want to be together and possibly form a lasting relationship. Other people have come to like you, respect you, approve of you, and include you in their groups and relationships. Others exclude you, so that you are not able to form or keep a. The need to belong social bond with them. Forming bonds is a big part of human life. Vital to form and maintain some relationships. Desire to form and maintain close, lasting relationships. Drives people to affiliate, commit, and remain together. Stable framework of some ongoing relationship; mutual concern for each other. Higher disease, mental/physical health, and death risks. Just having social connections may be satisfying. What people actively do to try to make others like them. People like good-looking, friendly people who are similar to themselves in important ways.