Interpersonal attraction

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, photographs and person to person attraction irrefutably support the argument that physical attraction has the strongest influence upon attraction. Balancing this, humour and attitude similarity were shown to have limited impact upon attraction while results…

Introduction: We experience interpersonal attraction when we emote the feeling of to love or to like another person, it can be defined as the power of the emotion of like or love we feel towards someone. Interpersonal attraction is established from the human nature of needing to belong. Baumeister and Leary (1995, p.522) stated that the need to belong is a "strong desire to form and maintain enduring interpersonal attachments." Interpersonal attraction can be present between anyone such as…

out in an open crowd and be remembered. These flavors are what make an individual attractive. Attraction is, if not the only, reason why we interact with someone. In a world where communication is vital for all bases of human interaction, it is essential to determine what makes every individual attracted to each other, not simply for the sake of procreation, but for the great purpose of a smoother and easier connection to one another. Interpersonal attraction plays an important part in…

Name & Surname: Dorothy Nyirongo Student number: 809901 Course name / Code: Psychology1 /PSYC1010 Lecture's name: Ms. Diana De Sousa Assignment Topic: Block3 Assignment Due Date: 19 August 2014 This essay first seeks to identify and discuss the two theories of romantic attachment which are interpersonal theories of attraction and evolutionary psychology theory. It will then, compare and contrast them. The main goal is to apply and evaluate their strengths & critique as to whether both…

The concept of interpersonal attraction was certainly done by Edward and also done by Vivian, in some scenes of the film. For Vivian, her interpersonal attraction was more evident near the end of the film. The explanation of Interpersonal Attraction: The attraction between persons that can go in the direction of friendships and romantic relationships. In reality, this attraction is virtually any variety of positive attitudes toward another person, which includes: affiliation (a desire to be with…

Proximity is a factor of interpersonal attraction and is the predictor of friendship as well where an individual who is attracted to a certain person does a certain task with each other and are even always with or near each other, seeing each other everyday. Physical attractiveness is what people look out for when they meet a new person, where the person is physically attracted to others based on their looks. In an early age of dating, people date according to the partners they are more…

Love, everyone can remember their first love, the first emotional bond used to connect two people. The term love can be used in many different ways, love has a meaning depending on the words used around it; yet most of those meanings do not represent the definition of love. Love is often a term used to describe a strong emotion towards your significant other, however, that is not the only person love is given to. We give our love to family and friends, it’s your trust and caring to a person,…

willing the female is to making the man her partner. After that they performed more filler activities. Then they were asked on how they felt again just as they did at the beginning, such as did I the man’s response make them feel happy, neutral or sad. At the end the participants were asked how many times each man showed up in their head. The researchers measured the study by having points for each survey and seeing how much points each man accumulated. 5. The results of the study where as…

The following paper will discuss matters of beauty and morality. Different meanings of beauty exist in present society, however the term is most popularly associated with physical characteristics. Physical characteristics include both aspects of behaviour and form and are deemed beautiful when perceived as appealing by others. Morality is the ability for individuals to think rationally and decipher between what is right and wrong. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Shelley wrestles with themes of…

“Okay, listen.” “Oh, little tiny baby Sam.” “Bongiorno!” “Are you safe?” “Oh, did you go to Farm Camp? You’ve never mentioned it.” These are just a few prominent examples of the little quips I’ve brainwashed my friends into saying. When I came to campus, I immediately entered into a group of people who I feel more connected to than pretty much anyone I’ve been acquainted with previously. So I guess it isn’t all that surprising we have picked up some of each other’s mannerisms and vocal…