Case Study Interpersonal Attraction

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How people perceive others and what many find attractive has always interested me into how our minds form what we find to be attractive or not that is why I choose to study interpersonal attraction. One on one relationship and what makes people choose friends and those to be in a relationship with. How sometimes people who are total opposites stay together and how attraction can fade away over time. That’s why I feel the topic of interpersonal attraction will be the best topic for me to study. Studying this topic will help me better understand how the brain works in developing relationships with people and how everyone sees beauty in different ways. Interpersonal Attraction is the key in complex environments and the role of reward interpersonal attraction has if a social interaction is rewarding then the reward will become associated with the other person (Anders et al., 2016). In other words if you have a positive interaction with someone you will associated positive memories with them and want to be around them and see them more often. The same parts of the brain that responds …show more content…

The similarity attraction theory states that people are attracted to those similar to themselves (Wee & Lee., 2017) people who share different view especially moral and political values affect how people attract others. People who perceived job applicants to be more attractive treated them better than less attractive ones. Kindness, sensitivity, intelligence, modesty and social class are a part of interpersonal attraction (Anders et al., 2016). How someone views their own physical attractiveness plays a role in interpersonal attraction someone who is confident in themselves and how they feel will make them more comfortable to approach others and develop relationships with

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