Question

Experience Paper Topics

IV.       Discuss attraction. What factors are involved Describe relationships in your life where these factors played a role in the outcome of the relationship (e.g., "We are still together because..." or " We broke up because....).

Requirements

Be thorough when describing a concept.Tell me what you know about the topic.

You should be able to recognize how the principles we talk about apply to your life.This is the main point of the paper.

The paper must be typed double-spaced in Times New Roman 12-point font

No more than three typed pages is probably too long (somewhere around two pages is about right)

Answer 1

• Interpersonal attraction refers to positive feelings about another person. It can take many forms, including liking, love, friendship, lust, and admiration.
• Many factors influence whom people are attracted to. They include physical attractiveness, proximity, similarity, and reciprocity:
• Physical attractiveness: Research shows that romantic attraction is primarily determined by physical attractiveness. In the early stages of dating, people are more attracted to partners whom they consider to be physically attractive. Men are more likely to value physical attractiveness than are women.People’s perception of their own physical attractiveness also plays a role in romantic love. The matching hypothesis proposes that people tend to pick partners who are about equal in level of attractiveness to themselves.
• Proximity: People are more likely to become friends with people who are geographically close. One explanation for this is the mere exposure effect. The mere exposure effect refers to people’s tendency to like novel stimuli more if they encounter them repeatedly.
• Similarity: People also tend to pick partners who are similar to themselves in characteristics such as age, race, religion, social class, personality, education, intelligence, and attitude.
• Reciprocity: People tend to like others who reciprocate their liking.
• I obviously broke up with my previous relationship because of lack of reciprocity of feelings and and similarity in our thinking.Our thoughts matched intially but as the years passed by the differences grew bigger,he valued his friends and family more than his relationship with me.I did things to mae him feel special,to show my feelings but never got anything in return.It was just physical attractiveness that brought us together I guess,but no romantic love was present based on mutual feelings.