The self-expansion model of love developed out of a confluence of research on attraction and arousal, Eastern psychology, motivation theory, and the social psychology of personal relationships. The model treats love (the desire for a relationship with a particular other) as arising from a desire ...
Have you ever wondered what draws one person to another? Here, learn all about the psychology of attraction, including expert-approved tips on how to put it to good use when dating.
You may have used the phrases "being in love" and "loving someone" interchangeably, but there are a few differences between them and how weprocess feelings in relationships. "The spark that defines a love-at-first-sight experience is better described as a strong attraction accompanied by an o...
The intrinsic interest in these fields by most people is shared by social psychologists, and attachment, attraction, and love relationships constitute one of the most prolific areas of investigation in social psychology. The early attachment theory advanced by Bowlby (1982) emphasized the ...
With humans, the mechanism of attraction, love and fidelity are more complicated. We, too, are predisposed toward monogamy. There is a Chinese saying that goes “One night of intimacy, a hundred days of conjugality.” What distinguishes us from prairie vole isn’t so much the basic mechanism...
Based on the attraction-similarity hypothesis, three studies examine the role of friendship satisfaction in perceptions of similarity in terms of relationship beliefs, traits, and behaviors among cross-sex friends. Study 1 found that college students perceived their cross-sex friends to be similar to...
this may also be picked up by others too). At the same time, however, it is also important to differentiate the concept of crossmodal olfactory–visual interactions with olfactory influences on person perception, which although partly visual are also importantly social, emotional, and cultural (cf...
We’re living in a time of growing appeal for authoritarianleadership, at home and abroad. For those who crave democracy and freedom, thisattractioncan be extremely challenging to understand. What is it that makes a person want to have fewer freedoms, less choice, and pay trib...
you may very well say that some of these elements aren’t really that important for you. That may very well be true, but at the same timehaving these elements in a potential life partner adds incredible value to the relationship, which in turn enhances feelings of love and attraction you ...
Slot machines have a similar algorithm, as do video games, and from a neurochemical-attractionstandpoint, those are the closest relatives we have to pornography, as they offer both intermittent reward and a modicum of variety. The finely honed algorithms in gambling and gaming programs mix up bo...