PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Pluralistic Ignorance, Mutual Appreciation, Sexual Attraction

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 221
• Professor: Jennifer Wessel

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We tend to think that attractive people have other good traits as well. Also known as the (cid:862)what is beautiful is (cid:862)good(cid:863) bias. The tendency to choose partners who are equal to ourselves in attractiveness and other traits. List two reasons for the matching phenomenon: avoiding rejection/ seek acceptance, desire for a good (cid:862)fit(cid:863) equal playing field with ourselves. Biological drive to reproduce( evolutionary drives: being nice, (cid:862)(cid:449)hat is good is (cid:271)eautiful(cid:863) (cid:271)ias, nice, friendly people are seen as attractive, as we fall in love with people, we find them more attractive. Birds of a feather: more evidence for importance of similarity. We are initially attracted to those who share our attitudes, values. Shared attitudes/ traits/ values related to relationship satisfaction. Fill out the dashed (cid:271)o(cid:454)es for tern(cid:271)erg"s triangle: A state of intense longing or union with another. Biological arousal attributed to an individual you find attractive. As a relationship develops, passion tends to decrease.