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IBP Social Psychology Summary -Liking, loving, and other close relationships -ch 7
Social and Organizational Psychology
IBP 2017-2018
Liking, loving, and other close relationships
Interpersonal attraction: refers to the evaluations we make of other people, our attitudes towards them
- Direct effects on attraction: occur when another person is responsible for arousing positive emotions or feelings
- Indirect effects: occur when the emotion comes from another source, and another person is simply associated with its presence
- applied by advertisers and political tacticians who understand that associating products and candidates with positive feelings can influence our purchasing and voting decisions
Proximity: nearness to each other
- Repeated exposure effect: the more often we are exposed to a new stimulus (e.g.: a new person) the more favorable our evaluation of it tends to become
Physical attractiveness
- Attraction toward others is often strongly influenced by their observable characteristic
- “Love is blind”: Partners in romantic relationships tend to perceive each other as more attractive than people outside the relationships
- Other observable characteristics that influence interpersonal evaluations include physique, weight, and even the color red
Similarity
- The similarity–dissimilarity effect: people respond positively to those who are similar to them and negatively to those who are dissimilar
- The larger the proportion of similarity, the greater the attraction
- Matching hypothesis: we tend to choose romantic partners who are similar to ourselves in terms of physical attractiveness
- Balance theory: when two people like each other and discover they are similar in some specific respect, this constitutes a state of balance, which is emotionally pleasant
- Social comparison theory: you compare your attitudes and beliefs with those of others because the only way you can evaluate the accuracy of your views
Love
- Combination of emotions, cognitions, and behaviors
- Triangular model of love: passion, intimacy, and decision/commitment
- consummate love: if these components are equally strong and balanced
- companionate love: is based shared interests, respect, and concern for one another’s welfare
- Two factors that can destroy romantic love are jealousy and infidelity
The attachment styles in childhood (secure, fearful-avoidant, preoccupied, and dismissing) influence the nature of other relationships
Affiliation: the motivation to interact with other people in a cooperative way
References:
Baron, R., & Branscombe, N. (2016). Social psychology (14th edition) Harlow: Pearson Education Limited
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- IBP Social Psychology Summary - Introduction & Social cognition- ch 1 and 2
- IBP Social Psychology Summary - Social perception- ch 3
- IBP Social Psychology Summary - The self- ch 4
- IBP Social Psychology Summary - Attitudes- ch 5
- IBP Social Psychology Summary - Causes and Cures of Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination -ch 6
- IBP Social Psychology Summary -Liking, loving, and other close relationships -ch 7
- IBP Social Psychology Summary - Social influence - ch 8
- IBP Social Psychology Summary - Prosocial behavior- ch 9
- IBP Social Psychology Summary - Aggression - ch 10
- IBP Social Psychology Summary - Groups and Individuals- ch 11
- IBP Social Psychology Summary - Dealing with Adversity and Achieving a Happy Life -ch 12
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