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The psychology of attraction: the top five classic studies.

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ATTRACTION The Psychology of Attraction: The Top Five Classic Studies 1. Similarity and the ?Bogus Stranger?- Attraction and Positive Reinforcement (Byrne & Nelson, 1965) 2. Friends in the Dorm : Proximity and ?Mere Exposure? (Festinger, Schachter, & Back, 1950) 3. The Shaky Bridge and ?Misattribution of Arousal? (Dutton & Aron, 1974) 4. Gain-Loss Theory (Aronson & Linder, 1965) 5. Beauty is Good (Dion, Berscheid & Walster, 1972) Remember our Theories? Evolutionary Perspectives, Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Social-learning Perspectives, Learning/Cognitive/Behavioral Perspectives What attracts us to other people? Similarity or Homophily ? ?Birds of a Feather? ?There is much evidence that humans engage in assortative mating

Evolutionary Psychology

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Evolutionary Psychology (sparknotes.com) Evolutionary psychology uses evolutionary theory to explain similarities in psychological characteristics. According to evolutionary psychologists, patterns of behavior have evolved through natural selection, in the same way that physical characteristics have evolved. Because of natural selection,adaptive behaviors, or behaviors that increase reproductive success, are kept and passed on from one generation to the next. Mating Behavior
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