PSYC 334 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kurt Lewin, Physical Attractiveness

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 334
• Professor: Ryan Curtis

Document Summary

Attraction is an attitude but attitude is not attraction. The excited feeling transfers to a person. Reason you like what your friends like ! The behavior of people is always a function of the eld of forces in which they nd themselves. Behavior is a function of the individual and the situation. The more you see/interact with people, the more likely they are to become your friend/intimate partner. The more exposed we are to a stimulus, the more likely we are to like it. Social allergy effect if you don"t like them they won"t grow on you. Avoid marrying children you were raised with. Culture what is beautiful is good (halo effect) beautiful is . Desirability = physical attractiveness x probability of acceptance. You go for the hottest person who will have you they"re around the same hotness. Demographics, attitudes and values, physical attractiveness, and personalities.