Attraction Similarity Hypothesis

Who are you sexually and romantically attracted to? Do you know why you’re attracted to them? Throughout this paper I will bust the myth that who you are attracted to is based on your sex.  Before we get in too deep with this paper, let us sort some things out.

I found it interesting that the authors found that actual similarity did not predict romantic attraction, that in fact similarity was significantly or marginally related to romantic liking for 6 of the 26 results were in the expected direction. They also found that significant effect of socio-sexuality similarity on liking, and socio-sexuality shares some conceptual overlap with extraversion.

The ancient greeks language had many different words for love categorizing the different types. With the theme love makes people do crazy things, they specifically point out the love between man and women. In ancient greece, it was frowned upon to let you relationships with others to dictate your decisions and actions for the greater good. Family was very important, but not as important as the rules, laws, and the gods. In Ode 4, the chorus says “Love!-you wrench the minds of the righteous in outrage,

This article argues that physical attractiveness is a gateway for a healthy relationship. Singles, of both sex, recognizes the importance of physical attractiveness, especially online. Only when the standard is meet would they investigate further into the personality. It also argues that excessive attractiveness is unnecessary, and people prefers “averagely” attractive partner. The author is a dating & mating psychologist, has deep study in relationships. I will use this article as a major point to support my thesis statement.

Love is a feeling that most people, if not all people want. Everyone wants to be loved by someone and that someone wants to be loved back. There are 2,118,000 marriages each year in the United States according to the CDC. This shows us that there is tons of people that love each other around the world. In Greek mythology there are plenty of people who love each other. Although on the other hand, love is a willing feeling. In the stories of Europa, The Flower Myths, and Creusa all show that you can not force someone to love you. Know matter how hard you try, love is compleatly voluntary.

It is well-known that diversity is common amongst individuals as each varies in their physical appearances, personality, values and beliefs. A person’s individuality can be shaped through many factors such as cognitive process, biological process, psychological origins of attraction, social perspective attributions, etc. Cognitive origins of attraction is the acquiring and understanding of thoughts and senses and the perceptions of the individual’s own experiences. Biological process is the idea in which sexual attraction (for the purpose of gene survival) is the driving force behind choosing a partner (Charles Darwin). Psychological origins of attraction assumes that people are more likely to be attracted tit e individuals who are perceived to be similar to themselves. Social perspective attributions is the scientific field that seeks to understand the nature and causes of individual behaviour in social situations. Due to these many factors, each decision an individual makes is different from that of another. This individuality is relied upon when a person chooses others to form a relationship with, including a romantic one. The following studies/research have been provided to explore whether the differences in gender and the types processes may have an effect on decision-making when multiple options are available.

This I believe, the understanding of the word “Love”. There are twenty-eight definitions for the word love. It’s used with nouns, adverbs with an object, adverbs without an object and idioms. There is only one true definition I believe in. Love is a variety of different feelings, states and attitudes. Love is a deep emotional thing people feel for someone else, but don’t know the true meaning of it. Love can be hurt, pain, and suffer, joy, happy, anger. It’s all other emotions joined into one.

Critique: I found this essay to be enlightening in several ways. Not only was the information presented in an organized way, but it was also very interesting. I agree with the author’s statements about the trials and tribulations of relationships, and I find myself agreeing most with his biological theory of attraction. I especially liked the psychological direction of the essay, as it remained fairly objective and scientific while still presenting new and different ideas as witnessed by his inclusion of historical facts with the addition of his own unique analysis and commentary

Without even realizing it, we as humans everyday pick out various types of characteristics in each other defining in what we want in a mate. In the Discovery Channel’s show, “Science of Sex Appeal” we are shown various different types of reasonings which make us attracted to certain people. An example of this is when four people were set to walk on a treadmill. During this experiment, two of the people, who were male and female, were asked to walk normally. The second set of people were asked to also walk on a treadmill, but were told they would be recorded and rated on their sexual attractiveness.

I personally believe the personal qualities that people bring to the interaction are the most important factor of attraction. Under that category I feel that receptions of reward value was one of the factors which would have a huge influence upon attraction. While reading this part of the chapter I looked at it from two different angles, from a friendship and a romantic relationship standpoint. The interdependence theory which states that we are attracted to others when we think they offer more rewards than costs, plays a huge roll in developing relationships in my opinion. Looking back at how I made friends when I first entered college I developed a strong relationship with friends with common interests who were easily accessible since they lived in my building. These friendships had a high reward since there was very

For some people love is a complete devotion and endless adoration, for others is a temporary feeling that will disappear in time. For some people it is a fairy-tale and for others it is a dream come true. Some people say love is once-in-a lifetime thing and others believe that after one love comes another. The more you try to find a universal definition of love – the more you get confused with all these words you get from different people around you. The more you think you get closer to the true meaning of this feeling- the more you realize that the definition of love is probably your own, unique and sincere truth about love. Throughout the history a lot of writers suggested their understanding of love to their readers. And it is important

Humans attracted to certain features, such as wide hips or bigger busts for females (Gaulin et al. 2012). Scientists believe that we are attracted to certain features because they help humans increase the chances of reproduction. Biological predisposition means that our genes determine our personalities based on our parents. My research will answer the question, “Does biological predisposition influence attraction more than cultural influences?” There are multiple studies done on the topic of what influences attraction. There are some cultural influences in who we are attracted to. Helen Fisher states “but I have come to

In Greek the word love has many different meanings. They had four words to describe the series of meaning that our English word love conveys. The three forms consist of agape, phileo, storge, and eros. Agape love is an unconditional love or is defined as the “self-sacrificing love.” Phileo love is an affectionate or a friendship type of love. Sorage love is a kind of family or parental love, similar to unconditional love. Eros love is often used to express sexual love that is mutual between people who are

The Mate-Quality Hypothesis. The mate-quality hypothesis refers to the discrimination between potential mates based on physical appearance, as such external characteristics are assumed to be a reliable index of genetic capability (Lindell & Lindell, 2014). For example, it has been found that highly feminized traits within females are more attractive to men (Perrett, May & Yoshikawa, 1998),

The five factors that predict interpersonal relationships are: proximity, familiarity, similarity, physical appearance, and reciprocity. Proximity refers to the geographical location of persons. People are more likely to initiate, engage, or maintain relationships if someone’s geographical location is near or convenient to the person they are to pursue. Relationships, whether romantic or platonic, are not as likely to be initiated if the proximity does not allow individuals to cross paths or maintain a certain level of communication. As well, familiarity plays an important role in the fostering of relationships. People are said to have an increased attraction and fondness for individuals that they see more often than those they do not. In lay terms, similarity can be summed up by saying that people enjoy the presence of those like (or similar) to them. Individuals are more often drawn to and feel less intimidated by others that share their culture and belief systems; thus, are more likely to form relationships with them. Next, is physical attractiveness; which can be defined in two different ways. First off, people tend to believe that beautiful things equal good things and are more likely to seek out relationships with individuals they find beautiful. However, people are also likely to form relationships with people they believe to be on