PSY BEH 118D Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Homophily, Egotism, Attachment Theory
29 Aug 2016
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Mere exposure effect: repeated exposure to any stimulus leads to greater liking of that stimulus. Homophily: tendency to have contact with people equal in social status. Matching phenomenon: tendency for people to choose partners alike in attitudes, intelligence, attractiveness. Reinforcement theory/bryne s law of attraction: attraction is proportionate to the number of reinforcements that person gives us relative to reinforcements + punishments. Egotism perspective: attracted to people similar to us because they activate our positive views of ourselves. Intimacy: a quality of relationships characterized by commitment, feelings of closeness, and self-disclosure. Self-disclosure: telling your partner personal things about yourself. Attachment theory of love: adults are characterized, in their relationships, by three categories (secure lovers, fearful lovers, anxious lovers) Love story: our personal beliefs of what love should be like. Passionate love: state of intense longing for union and intense physiological arousal. Compassionate love: feeling of deep attachment and commitment to person with intimate relationship.
