PSYCH 360 Lecture Notes - Hampshire College, Physical Attractiveness, Reciprocal Liking
19 Apr 2013
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Need for affiliation: inborn motivation to seek interpersonal contact, individual difference variable, can be situationally sensitive. Painful emotional shocks / wanted to wait with other people. Role of affect: direct and indirect. Propinquity (proximity): macro and micro levels. More likely to meet people at umass then hampshire college or on the sit of the room you"re sitting on than the other side: physical and functional proximity. More likely to be friends with your neighbor than the girl upstairs / more likely to be friends with a girl who lives near the mailboxes since you check your mailbox everyday: segal, 1974: police academy friendships. Similarity in age, marital status, religion, friends based on the first letter of their last names (put together) all contributes to friendships: mere exposure effect. Moreland and beach, 1992: ras come to class. Asked ras to come to class and sit in for a number of times.
