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Situational factors in interpersonal attraction

Situational factors in interpersonal attraction. Exposure Zajonc (1968) mere exposure effect : we tend to like persons to whom we have been exposed and which have therefore become familiar Saegert et al. 1973 (AL p.211) Moreland and Beach 1992 (p.212) Zajonc et al.1971 (p.212).

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Situational factors in interpersonal attraction

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  1. Situationalfactors in interpersonalattraction Exposure • Zajonc (1968) mereexposureeffect: wetend to likepersons to whomwehavebeenexposed and whichhavethereforebecomefamiliar • Saegert et al. 1973 (AL p.211) • Moreland and Beach 1992 (p.212) • Zajonc et al.1971 (p.212)

  2. Proximity: closephysicalproximity seeoften  familiar  attraction • Festinger et al. (1950) (AL p.212) • Whyte (1955) • Segal (1974) • Related to availability – Hogg and Vaughan (1995)

  3. The effect of personalcharacteristicsin attraction Physicalattractiveness • Importantespecially in the earlystages of a relationship (Feingold, 1992) • affectsourjudgements of people • Dion et al. (1972) (AL p.213) • Studiedbyusingcomputerdancetechnique • Matchinghypothesis(Murstein 1972): weseek to form a relationship to a person as attractive as weareourselves

  4. Describesonly the start of a relationshipclassified as passionatelove • Physicallyattractivepersonsaremorelikely to berejectedbymembers of theirownsex (Krebs and Adinolfi, 1975) • Criticsagaist the methodology: showingphotographs • Genderdifferences

  5. Similarity • Do the activity 4 p.215 • Griffitt and Veitch (1974) (AL p.215) the effect of similarity • Newcomb (1961) (AL p.215)  notnecessarily a majorfactor Complementarity: attraction to personsthathavequalitieswelack • Becomesmoreimportantthansimilaritywhen the relationship is betterestablished

  6. Competence • Aronson et al. (1966) (AL p.216) •  competentpeopleareliked •  falliblecompetentpeoplearelikedmore •  peoplewhoseem to beperfectarenotthatmuchliked • Linked to selfesteem

  7. WORK WITH A PAIR… • Yourhomeworkwas to read CC p.276-278 • Yourtask is now to makenotesabout 1) Origins of attractionfromcognitivepoint of view 2) Origins of attractionfromsocio-culturalpoint of view • Make the notesbased on both the CC and the hand out aboutsituational and personalfactorsaffectingattraction. So, youneed to considerwhich of the factorsmentioned in the hand out relate to cognitiveorsocio-culturalpoint of view… • Focus on theories and studies

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