Sexual attraction

In their study they tested the effects of romantic attraction to someone who isn't similar to themselves. In this particular study the authors hypothesized that men who were exposed to a romantic mood induction would have a greater attraction and perceive similarity to the female counterpart. The experimenters had male participants exposed to either a romantic mood induction only, romantic mood…

Implicit learning is defined as abstract, automatic, unintentional, effortless, and unconscious learning. However, how do we know that someone has learned implicitly? Using what method, can we figure out the learning phrase of implicit learning? Many studies have been done on implicit learning starting from 1898. In 1967, Reber released a paper who aimed to investigate the process by which participants responds to the statistical nature of the stimulus arrayed. Through this study, Reber was able…

In the case of The ER that Became the Emergency, we are introduced to Ralph, a CEO at Community Memorial Hospital (CMH), and his financial officer, Bill. Here are the key findings from the information we were provided: • CMH is a private not-for-profit hospital • City Hospital is responsible for providing care to indigent people and receives money from the government to do so • Patient traffic has dramatically increased in the last 2.5 months for CMH • Most new patients are indigent people who…

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines religion as “the belief in a god or in a group of gods.” Informally defined, religion is the basic worship of a main figure or multiple figures. In Ernest Hemingway’s intricate novel, The Things They Carried, his main character, Fredric Henry, redefines conventional religion. A self-proclaimed atheist, his conversion begins the second he falls in love with an English nurse, Catherine Barkley. The circumstances of their passion add to the complexity of their…

What’s My Age Again: The song What’s my Age Again discusses the growing responsibilities of adolescents and young adults. This song in particular takes place in artist’s Emerging Adulthood, a newer period of time utilized to adjust to adulthood. He feels obligated to new responsibilities because of his social clock, the pressure to perform a task when it is socially acceptable in this case the task of growing up; as a result he uses defense mechanisms including repression, the pushing of…

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…

What is love? Love is a chemical reaction, a rush of dopamine in the human brain. The ‘dream’ encompasses and displays all the boundaries of love and the challenges that come with such an intimate relationship. When we profess our undying love for one person and make a promise to them until the day we die, what are the deepest thoughts going through our heads? Dreams are a window to the soul and this dream could be a window into the audience's soul as well as shakespeare's personal…

People say love is a feeling that one could describe in many ways. A person can love someone for his/her looks, personality, sense of humor, how fit he/she is--but when does his name become a factor of if one loves another or not? Writer Owen Wilson claims “Love is the soul's recognition of its counterpoint in another.” One does not typically prefer to date someone with the name John, rather than Dylan, for example. Usually, a person will say a name does not matter when it comes to loving…

The art of persuasion is something that we come across everyday. Persuasion happens very easily based off the simple fact that as human beings we are not logical in any decisions we make. There are seven things that trigger persuasion and they are called fixed action patterns or behavior. In this paper I will discuss three of the seven fixed action patterns of behavior by giving a brief description and telling a story that better explains how the theory works and how it has been applied in my…

Generation Like Summarize The Generation Like video explains to the viewer’s how younger people of this new generation use social media’s in order to feel accepted by their peers and at the same time using them as a way to promote advertisements for different companies. The first part of this video introduces the viewer to a group of younger people brainstorming ideas in order to get the most “likes” on their Facebook profile pictures, while this is happening Douglas Rushkoff is asking…