social psych 10.1 & 10.2

excitation transfer
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excitation transfer
the arousal created by one stimulus can intensify an individual's emotional response to another stimulus
dutton and aron
bridge experiment
- when men crossing scary bridge are more attracted to women
- me 2x more likely to call on scary bridge
familiarity
were attracted to those we see and are familiar with
proximity and exposure
what are the factors of familiarity?
familiarity breeds liking
the more frequently she came to class more people were attracted to her; exposure/proximity leads to attraction;
teachers rate better-looking children as smarter, more likely to succeed​
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judges set lower bails and impose smaller fines on attractive suspects​
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across occupations, attractive people earn more money​
how important are looks? (teachers, judges, occupations)
assume physically attractive people possess desirable personality traits
- true: more friends, better social skills, more sex
- false: more intelligent, better personality, better adjusted, higher self esteem
"what's beautiful is good" stereotype:​
"radiating effect"
study where ppts watch video w a target interacting w a pretty or ugly person; depends on if target is close w said person or not
- if target was close w ugly person, it makes them ugly; if not close, target is not ugly
- if target is close w attractive person, target is pretty; if not close, makes no difference
proximity
familiarity
beauty
___ increases odds well meet someone
__ puts us at ease
___ draws us in
Similarity- Newcomb (1961)
randomly assigned to roommate; similarity based on demographics