PSY 3102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Social Influence, Relational Transgression, Meta-Communication
3 Mar 2016
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Association in which the parties meet each other"s social needs to a (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) greater or lesser degree. Physical factors become less important as relationship progress. More than physical beauty to keep doors open. Attraction turns to dislike if person behaves strange or offensive, they threaten our self-esteem and we fear we may be as unappealing as they are. Complementary temperaments may be related in biology. E. g. dominant person attracted to passive one. Ppl who approve of us bolster our feelings. We like talented, competent ppl but not too competent makes us look bad by comparison. Talented but flawed, shows they are human like us. Ppl with v high or v low self-esteem find perfect ppl more attractive (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Revealing important info about yrself can build liking. Basis of liking comes from learning about how we are similar, either in experiences or attitudes.
