PSYC 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Storge, Positive Illusions, Headache
11 Mar 2013
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Proximity (more precisely, functional distance ) powerfully predicts liking. Mere-exposure effect: the tendency for novel stimuli to be liked more or rated more positively after the rater has been repeatedly exposed to them. Matching phenomenon: the tendency for men and women to choose as partners those who are a. Physical-attractiveness stereotypes: the presumption that physically attractive people possess other socially desirable traits as well: what is beautiful is good. Complementarity: the popularly supposed tendency, in a relationship between two people, for each to complete what is missing in the other. Ingratiation: the use of strategies, such as flattery, by which people seek to gain another"s favour. Reward theory of attraction: the theory that we like those whose behaviour is rewarding to us or whom we associate with rewarding events. Passionate love: a state of intense longing for union with another. Passionate lovers are absorbed in one another, feel ecstatic at attaining their partner"s love, and are disconsolate on losing it.
