PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 46: Social Exchange Theory

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

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Mere exposure effect: the phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases liking of them. We like other people when their faces incorporate some morphed features of our own. Internet relationships provide ground disclose more, felt more liking for people met oline. Mere exposure effect has survival value, familiar = safe + approachable, unfamiliar not. Blind people care what sighted people think about others attractiveness. As we see loved ones more, physical imperfections grow less noticeable, attractiveness grows more apparent. More alike people are, more their liking endures. Simple reward theory of attraction: we will like those whose behavior is rewarding to us, continue relationships that offer more rewards than costs. People in proximity, less time + effort to develop friendship + enjoy benefits. Passionate love: aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship. Emotions have 2 ingredients, physical arousal + cognitive appraisal.