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Interpersonal attraction - Aggression, leadership - What attracts one person to another?
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INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION AGGRESSION LEADERSHIP WHAT ATTRACTS ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER? a) Similarity. For example similar backgrounds, ages, attitudes, beliefs and interests. The more they have in common the more likely a couple are to stay together. b) Familiarity. The more a couple meet up the more attractive they become to each another. In a 1968 study, Zajonc showed his participants a large number of photographs. He found that there was a positive correlation between the number of times a photograph was shown and the attraction. c) Physical Attractiveness. The 'halo effect' infers that people who possess certain qualities have other good qualities. For example, if they are pretty or handsome then they will be nice people. The primacy effect means that when meeting people one is most likely to notice physical appearances first. Social exchange looks at the rewards and the costs of being in a relationship. The rewards have to be greater than the...
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