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Agenda
Women 47 0
Link from Gender Differences
acceptable is 5
it it to sleep 4 Women
Men
with a person 3
2
if you’ve
1
known them:
0
1 day 1 month 6 months 2 years
Link from Gender Differences
1) Proximity
2) Physical Attractiveness
3) Similarity
4) Reciprocity
5) Conditioning
6) Courtship
Proximity
attraction. 3.8
3.6
3.4
3.2
3
0 5 10 15
Proximity
Beauty is objective:
2) High level of agreement across cultures
(Langlois et al, 2000)
3) Certain features of faces are reliably
associated with attractiveness (Cunningham,
1986)
4) Babies prefer attractive faces (Cowley,
1996).
Physical Attraction
Beauty is subjective:
2) Different cultures “improve” beauty in
different ways (Newman, 2000).
3) Different body types are judged to be more
attractive in different parts of the world
(Anderson et. al 1992)
4) Body type standards vary over time
(Silverstein et al, 1986).
Physical Attraction
1) Opening Lines
2) Female Courtship Rituals
3) Male Courtship Rituals
Introductions
Introductions
6.2
6
5.8
5.6
5.4
5.2
5
Flippant Innocuous Direct
Introductions
1) Love Styles
2) Triarchic Model of Love
3) Equity Theory
Love Styles
Love Styles
Intimacy = Liking
I + P = Romantic I+C=
Love Companionate Love
Consummate
Love
Passion = Commitment =
Infatuation P+C= Empty Love
Fatuous Love
Equity Theory
Terman et al (1935)
Investigated hundreds of couples, and
looked at the 100 happiest, 100 least happy
(but still married) and 100 divorced couples.
1) Successful Relationships
2) Unsuccessful Relationships
3) Other Things
4) Homework
Successful Relationships
Misattribution of Arousal
Loneliness
Internet Dating
Soul mate vs. Work it out theorists
Breaking up
Homework