Attraction

In this research paper, I will be reviewing a few topics relating to the psychology of attraction. There are numerous facets to why and how attractions occur and why it is important for how people functions with one another and serves as an integral part of social psychology. Throughout our lives it is vital for human beings to be able to create and maintain relationships that can be romantic, kin, friendship, etc with other people. This is a necessary trait for survival. I will also cover how attraction is formed. A theory of evolutionary psychology whereas a result of how our ancestors had lived, with is found that men are attracted to signs of fertility within women; While women are attracted to aspects of men that display status. Another…

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How are Women Portrayed in a Male Dominant Society? In the movie Fatal Attraction, directed by Adrian Lyne, females are portrayed to be recessive toward men. Fatal Attraction has two female characters, Beth (Dan’s wife), and Alex (Dan’s mistress). However, this story isn’t about rainbows and unicorns. As we, audience members, interact in the movie, we compare and contrast both Beth and Alex with the dominant character Dan. Adrian Lyne is portraying two different women in society; Alex is the…

Interpersonal attraction describes how and why individuals choose to enter relationships with others. It can encompass any type of relationship, however, this essay looked exclusively at romantic pairings. This essay critically evaluated studies associated with the variables influencing interpersonal attraction. These variables consisted of physical attraction, humour, attitude similarity and familiarity. Four studies regarding physical attraction and looking at the subareas of men and women,…

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of physical attraction on willingness to help others. More specifically, examine the effects of physical attractiveness and social activity (active or inactive) on a participants Belief in a Just World, corresponding with his or her willingness to help others. The results from the present study did not support the predictions that participants would be rate themselves as more willing to help the student in the attractive and social condition…

Aesthetic attraction is more affected by environment and upbringing, what influenced them growing up. Sensual and emotional attraction usually take place in a familial circumstance; children love their parents in a different sense than they love their pets. Emily Smith, freelance journalist for many reputable publications such as the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, states “Kindness (along with emotional stability) is the most important predictor of satisfaction and stability in a…

Physical Attraction (Introduction) Human beings are very complex individuals that not even we ourselves fully understand us. Human beings are constantly being studied and researched, to try and get a better grasp and understanding of us. We try to define and interpret what our actions, behaviors, traits, and thoughts all mean or represent. Sometimes individuals have behaviors or thoughts that they may not even be consciously aware about that, may have some type of underlying meaning. In this…

With reference to the Levinger's Relationship Stage Theory, attraction stage is the first crucial stage for human beings to start an intimate relationship (Levinger, 1980). At attraction stage, men will attract one another based on various factors, including physical attractiveness, similarity, ambition as well as humor. In the field of psychology, humor is broadly defined as a psychological response associated with a positive emotion of amusement, an appreciation of interesting events and a…

Attraction has been the focus of many social psychology studies. It is a difficult to study and standardize because of the subjective nature of the phenomenon and the vast amount of factors which can affect it. Jessica Tracy and Alec Beall attempt to narrow down attraction in terms of gender-specific priorities of emotional expressions in the peer-reviewed article, Happy Guys Finish Last: The Impact of Emotion Expressions on Sexual Attraction, published in 2011 in the psychology journal,…

Prompt 1: Describe Victor’s attraction to Judy using the following four factors of Interpersonal Attraction: physical attractiveness, physical proximity, competence, and similarity. Which of these do you think increases her social value the most in the eyes of Victor? Victor Vargas displays having a strong attraction towards Judy Gonzalez. This attraction is a representation of Matching Phenomenon being used. The Matching Phenomenon is displayed when someone is “seeking a partner with the…