PSYC 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Suicidal Ideation, Online Dating Service, Ostracism

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2100
• Professor: Danay Novoa

Document Summary

I like you but why: researchers have been fascinated how people come to like (dislike) each other. What is it that contributes to people being attracted to each other? (can be romantic and platonic, physical and non- physical) They found: mimicry participants liked the confederate more and rate the conversation as more smooth. Attractiveness rating of facial stimuli either immediately after drinking (alcohol or placebo groups) Level of intoxication associated with attractiveness ratings. Not selective same sex vs. opposite sex faces. 21st century attraction: our search for love has changed over the years, before we met our partners through chance encounters, now we can search through a database for people. The changes: there"s a greater variety of potential partners, pre-contact communication, formulas and algorithms. The problem: lack of honesty 81% of dating profiles contain lies (societal standards, lies about physical appearance (men: taller, women: thinner)