Attraction Flashcards
(17 cards)
How can people be similar to each other
Attitudes
Interpersonal style
Interest and experiences
Level of physical attractiveness
Interpersonal style
How you go about the world (etc gender roles)
Why is similarity attractive
It gives us validation of ourselves
Fewer point of disagreement and conflict (lower cost)
Positive self view
Balance theory
We are driven to maintain cognitive consistency in our thoughts, feelings and social relationships
(Kind of like cognitive dissonance)
What happens if Imbalance occurs with disagreements
Cognitive dissonance may occur. We may like them less
Reciprocal liking
We like people who like us
Gain loss effect
Tendency to have greater liking for people whose favor we gained, and less liking for people whose favor we have lost, relative to people who liked or disliked us all along
We like people who end up liking us in the end than if they did in the beginning
Halo effect of beauty
Attractive people are judged more favorably across a variety of domains
(This could be due to childhood movies)
Physical attractiveness have better..
First impressions held toward them
Reward theory for attraction
If we surround ourselves with physically attractive people, they may provide us with rewards
We may be able to bring it off of social status, financial gains, etc
Reward=social validation
If you want people to like you..
Flatter them. Give them compliments, do favors, etc
Provide with reward
Reward theory backfiring
It can seem like you’re being an obvious suck up
Do we like perfection in others?
Nope, only NEAR perfection
Prat fall effect?
Marketplace theory
We look for characteristics in a mate that may provide reproductive effect
Goal=provide healthy baby
What do men want?
Healthy women
Helps genetic success
What do women want?
Someone who can provide us with stability and resources
Helps genetic success
Genetic hytezygosity
We have a variety of different gene
Linked with better mental and physical health
