PSYC 2380 Lecture 14: Attraction and Intimacy

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2380
• Professor: Anderson Jill

Document Summary

Tendency for novel stimuli to be liked more or rated more positively after the rater has been repeatedly exposed to them. Looks are a predictor of how often one dates. Tendency for men and women to choose as partners those who are a. Presumption that physically attractive people possess other socially desirable traits as well. Attractive people are valued and favored, and so many develop more social self-confidence: self-fulfilling prophecy. Whatever people of any given place and time find attractive. Assumption that beauty signals biologically important information. Popularly supposed tendency, in a relationship between two people, for each to complete what is missing in the other. Use of strategies, such as flattery, by which people seek to gain another"s favor. Theory that we like those whose behavior is rewarding to us or whom we associate with rewarding events. Suggests that in a romantic context, arousal from any source, even painful experiences, can be steered into passion.