Interpersonal attraction

The Sport industry is enormous and has a connection to every possible event occurring in the world. Sports played by children to professional athletes creates an attraction for people. The kind of attraction depends on the type of the sport and people’s belief towards that particular sport. The business world uses different techniques to perceive and attract people towards the sports, techniques such as advertisements, shows, news, charity, games, and more. Through these, they create a community…

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…

Second Theoretical Perspective: Reinforcement-Affect Model of Attraction Don Byrne’s reinforcement-affect model of attraction can be applied to the relationship of Landon and Jamie, with its relation to interpersonal relationships. The aspects of how Landon and Jamie were attracted to one another, and how their differences affect their relationship can be discussed with this model. The reinforcement-affect model of attraction argues that people are attracted to one another through positive…

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…

in this world is skewed. There a million books and movies that all center around love. The plots and characters vary yet one central theme remains. Romance novels and movies portray love as an intense physical attraction so perfect it’s unreal. Webster’s dictionary says that love is attraction that includes sexual desire, the strong affection felt by people who have a romantic relationship. Is that what society is teaching these days? That love is merely physical and logical. Whether we believe…

Love affects us all in very different ways, and almost like a snowflake, one interpretation of love is never like another. Love prompts some of us to act without thought. Sometimes we may think that we are in love when really, we are just looking out for our best interests. In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the theme of love is portrayed differently throughout its different characters. Shakespeare plays around with misguided love and the follies it brings about as a character is convinced that…

Perceived and actual similarity in initial attraction Introduction Similarity-attraction effect is one of the most interesting topics in research studies of human science. Texas A & M University and Northwestern University have conducted a study to see the effects of perceived and actual similarity during a speed-dating event. This report will summarise and explain their aim, hypotheses, methods and main findings throughout their experiment. Body In order to examine the effects of both actual…

The Type of Men I Find Attractive Attraction works in an enigmatical way. The physical and emotional attractions are different, but they have the same objective, catching our eyes to create a fascination and a magnetic and reaction which changes our emotions or feelings towards something or someone. There are several qualities that we consider attractive in men both physically and intellectually. An attractive man should be good looking, honest, confident, purpose-driven, attentive,…

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…

hosts conducted experiments to find out what circumstancesWhat we do know is that words aren’t the definitive factor in whether or not we’re going to be attracted to somebody. According to the BBC, the words we say account for only 7% of our initial attraction to a person, while 38% is the way we talk (tone, pitch, and speed), and 55% is through our body language [http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/love/flirting.shtml]. The video’s host, Derren Brown, suggests the idea that one quality of a…