Mods 79 & 80 READING GUIDE

Proximity - geographic ​ (a)   - is friendship's most powerful ​ (b)   . Proximity can provide opportunities for ​ (c)   . But much more often it breeds ​ (d)   among those who live in the sam neighborhood, sit ​ (e)   in class, work in the same office, share the same parking lot, or eat in the same cafeteria..

• nearness
• predictor
• aggression
• liking
• nearby

repeated exposure to novel stimuli increases the liking of them

Evolution may therefore have hard-wired into us the tendency to bond with those who are ________ and to be wary of those whose looks are unfamiliar.

We don't assume that attractive people are more ​ (a)   , but we do perceive them as ​ (b)   , ​ (c)   , more sensitive, ​ (d)   , and more ​ (e)   skilled.

• compassionate
• healthier
• happier
• more successful
• socially

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) True

,

(b) False

• Less attractive people have been less likely to accept praise as sincere

• People are MORE Superficial when they have more options

• looks matter more for couples who were friends before they became romantically involved

• People's attractiveness is UNRELATED to their self-esteem

• People who fear rejection often elicit rejection

• Men tend to be choosier than women when choosing a partner

___________ faces and bodies are also perceived as more sexually attrictive.

Most people perceive the person with the _________ traits as more physically attractive.

As we see our loved ones again and ​ (a)   , their physical ​ (b)   grow less ​ (c)   and their ​ (d)   grows more ​ ​ (e)   .

• again
• imperfections
• noticeable
• attractiveness
• apparent

Match the following

• self-disclosure

• Proximity (mere exposure effect), Physical attractiveness, Similarity of attitudes and interests

• equity

• a condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it

• passionate love

• the act of revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others

• companionate love

• an aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship

• psychology of attraction

• the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined

In addition to equity and self-disclosure, a third key to enduring love is ________ _______.