CMP 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Interpersonal Attraction, Physical Attractiveness
6 Nov 2017
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What is the need for affiliation? the desire to establish social contract we others and we are motivated to establish and maintain an optimum balance of social contract. What is the agony of loneliness? a feeling of deprivation about social relations that most likely occur during times of transition or disruption. What are the loneliest group of people in the us? adolescents and young adults (18-30 years old) What do people get together in the first place? initial attraction what are the 2 necessary factors in the attraction process? proximity and mere exposure. What is the single best predictor of physical attractive? proximity or nearness. What is proximity? liking people who are nearby. Why does proximity work? availability or mere exposure. What is mere exposure or the mere exposure effect? the more often people are exposed to an object, the more positively they evaluate that object.
