Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Reciprocal Liking, Physical Attractiveness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

1960 s dean of school spent 51 days on a boat across atlantic ocean alone. Found that life without people had no meaning. 8 days max in a study of how long one can stay in a room alone with no contact to the outside world. 247-280: in initial encounters: proximity, familiarity, and physical attractiveness, when getting acquainted: reciprocal liking, similarity. They simply have to be present when we experience positive or negative affect. (hot rooms, bad news, unpleasant music: social exchange theories (relationships) Relationship: whenever people interact on a regular basis: satisfaction with a relationship depends on. Does not mean equality, not the same rewards and costs just the ratio. 10/10 does equal 1/1: inequity exists when one person s ratio (of rewards to costs) does not equal the other person s ratio. You are under-benefitted and partner over-benefitted: inequity makes the relationship unpleasant.