JoHo kan jouw hulp goed gebruiken! Check hier de diverse bijbanen die aansluiten bij je studie, je competenties verbeteren, je cv versterken en je een bijdrage laten leveren aan een mooiere wereld
Social psychologyChapter 12Attraction, relationships, and loveChallenges in studying attraction, relationships, and love By necessity, most research on close friendships uses nonexperimental settings that leave some ambiguity about causal relations between variables, and most studies have focused on romantic attachments between heterosexual couples in individualist cultures. We are fist drawn to people on the basis of their immediately obvious appearance or behavior.Attraction follows rules:An alluring face, a pleasant interaction, or the perception of similarity might spark an initial attraction.As those factors draw tow people together, liking can develop, as each individual goes beyond surface features to start knowing the other better.Physical attractiveness Attraction to strangers is strongly influenced by perceptions of physical attractiveness. Some features are regarded as attractive across cultures. Other features that make people attractive are more dependent on experience, exposure, and expectation.Biological bases of physical attractiveness There are some immediately obvious physical features that almost everyone agrees are attractive.Faces and bodies that are symmetrical are judged more attractive and likable by both men and women and in both western populations and in African hunter-gatherers.Symmetry has greater impact on judgments of attractiveness when concerns about disease are uppermost in people’s mind.Faces and bodies that suggest access to resources are attractive.Experimental bases of physical...
Access options
The full content is only visible for Logged in WorldSupporters
More benefits of joining WorldSupporter
- You can use the navigation and follow your favorite supporters
- You can create your own content & add contributions & comments
- You can save your favorite content and make your own bundles
- See the menu for more benefits
Full access to all pages on World Supporter requires a JoHo membership
- For information about international JoHo memberships, read more here.
Support JoHo and support yourself by becoming a JoHo member
Become a Member
- for free to follow other supporters, see more content and use the tools
- for €10,- by becoming a member to see all content
Why create an account?
- Your WorldSupporter account gives you access to all functionalities of the platform
- Once you are logged in, you can:
- Save pages to your favorites
- Give feedback or share contributions
- participate in discussions
- share your own contributions through the 7 WorldSupporter tools
Ga jij binnenkort studeren in het buitenland?
Regel je zorg- en reisverzekering via JoHo!
- 1 of 188
- next ›
Social Psychology by Smith, E, R (fourth edition) a summary
This is a summary of the book Social Psychology by Smith. It is an introduction to social psychology and is about human behaviour in relation to groups and other humans. This book is used in the course 'Social psychology' in the first year of the study Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.
Add new contribution