Psych 160 - 3

Front 1

Propinquity

Back 1

• Physical proximity

Front 2

• Functional distance

Back 2

o An architectural layout’s propensity to encourage or inhibit certain activities, like contact btwn ppl
o More likely to lead to friendship than pure physical distance

Front 3

• Mere exposure effect

Back 3

o Repeated exposure to a stimulus (object or person) leads to greater liking of the stimulus

Front 4

Similarity

Back 4

• Ppl tend to like other ppl who are similar to themselves
o Burgess - Study of engaged couples<<engaged couples more similar than random strangers
• Similarity also predicts endurance of relationship

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• Complementarity

Back 5

o Tendency for ppl to seek out others w/ characteristics that are different and that complement their own

Front 6

• Halo effect

Back 6

o The common belief – accurate or not – that attractive peeps possess a host of positive qualities beyond their physical appearance

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• Self-fulfilling prophecy

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o Tendency for peeps to act in ways that elicit confirmation of a belief that they hold
o Peeps talk to attractive peeps in ways that bring out their warmth n confidence, thus confirming the stereotype that they’re socially skilled

Front 8

o intrasex competition

Back 8

direct competition among your own sex for access to other sex

Front 9

o intersex attraction

Back 9

the interest in and attraction toward a member of one sex on the part of a member of the opposite sex

Front 10

costs of reproduction

Back 10

• women have 4000 ova – how much physical energy it takes to give birth, equivalent to running 2 marathons
• given these different degrees of parental investment:
o men more oriented towards short term encounters—look more for physical beauty, signs of her being in her peak
o women look for men w/ resources
parental certainty
• differences in dis lead to diff in chastity—much deeper concern for men than women
cross-cultural study (buss) – 10,000 peeps, 37 nations; most important attribute for women and men=kindness;