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What Determines Initial Attraction?
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Proximity and repeated exposure
Affective state (via classical conditioning) Association with a liked person Physical attractiveness |
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What is a powerful predictor of whether any two people are going to be friends?
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Sheer Proximity.
38% of People married or in a long-term relationship met at work or school. The rest in their own neighborhood, church or gym or while growing up. |
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What would be a convenient way to gain more friends if you were new in town?
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Get an apartment near the mailboxes, work at a desk near the coffee pot or have a parking spot near the main buildings.
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What is Anticipatory liking? Why do we have it?
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expecting that someone will be pleasant and compatible.
It increases the chances of forming a rewarding relationship. |
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What are some reasons proximity encourages affection?
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Availability: known the people nearby.
Practicality: liking people we interact with frequently is more conductive to having better relationships, which makes happier and more productive living |
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What was Robert Zajonc finding on exposure? How did he research this?
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Familiarity breeds fondness. Students rated stimuli more positive after being shown it repeatedly. The more frequent they'd seen a meaningless word or Chinese ideograph, the more likely they said it meant something good. French students rate W, their least favorite letter, it is also the least frequent letter in French.
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what did Zajonc say about emotions?
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Zajonc: “emotions are often more instantaneous than thinking.”
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