PSY 380

Tuesday March 28, 2000

Today's Topic: Attraction and Intimate Relationships

Announcements

Paper Assignment 2 due in section this week

Why do we affiliate with others?

Clark & Hatfield, 1989

Attractive person went up to opposite sex strangers and asked...

Results

Women

Do you want to go out on a date tonight?

Will you come to my apartment tonight?

Will you have sex with me tonight?

Results

Men

Do you want to go out on a date tonight?

Will you come to my apartment tonight?

Will you have sex with me tonight?

Sexual Attitudes of Men and Women

What is the minimum intelligence you would accept in...

date -- sex partner -- steady relationship -- marriage partner

Factors that influence attraction

physical attractiveness

physical proximity

similarity

The Allure of Secret Relationships (Wegner, Lane, & Dimitri, 1994)

166 men and women instructed to play card game in lab

two male-female pairs per session

three conditions

Wegner et al. results

Implications

Why do we stay in some relationships and leave others?

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Patterns of Attributions Related to Marital Success