Attraction Psychology

The topic being studied in this article was how similarities in attitudes and race effect attraction. The authors wished to find an appropriate approach to increase attraction between specifically black and white people. The authors expected that people white or black who are perceived to have to have similar attitudes would be more attracted to each other than people with dissimilar attitudes regardless of the race. Also, they expected that those with a similar attitude would be more prone to cooperation on a goal that would then lead to attraction and if the goal was accomplished the attraction would become greater. They found their hypothesis to be supported with their evidence with the exception of one, which was that attraction, would increase if the goal was accomplished rather than flustered from dissimilarity. The Authors used the scientific method by having a question and significant reason for their research, forming testable hypothesis, testing …show more content…
The Authors aimed to examine in what ways people of different races categorized others in these different situations. They expected that differences sex would affect mate selection in their categorization and that race would have an effect on categorization in self-protection from physical threat. They found support for their hypotheses in that social categorizing is spurred by social motives and situations. They used the scientific method by first conferring previous research and then forming a hypothesis to run a specified experiment to reveal details not previously remarked. This study connects to my research and my question of in what ways race effects attraction in that although not directly relating to my topic it gives me some information on how race has an effect on how people naturally classify and categorize in different social situations such as mate selection and situations than ensue self