Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Homophily, Psych, Soltyrei

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

Psych 2075 chapter 12 notes on attraction, love and. We tend to be more attracted to people with whom we have had contact with more often than those we"ve barely had contact with. In study, more people gave higher liking ratings to people they had more contact with. Lowest rating to those they had least contact with. This is the mere-exposure effect - repeated exposure to a any stimulus including a person leads to greater liking for that stimulus. Essentially, the tendency to like a person more if we have been exposed to him or her repeatedly. So the chance of a man falling in love with the girl or boy next door is greater than the chance of falling in love with someone he seldom meets. We tend to be attracted to people who are similar to us in ethnicity, age, background, economic and social status etc. Similarity on these social characteristics is referred to as homophily.