In Regards to Interpersonal Attraction, Sociological Research Tells Us That

question 98

Multiple Choice

In regards to interpersonal attraction, sociological research tells us that:

• A) we must like someone in order to love and feel passion toward them.
• B) it is possible to like someone a great deal and not love them.
• C) the less we see of someone the more desirable we find them.
• D) most of the time our evaluations of others are not influenced by their attractiveness to us.

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Definitions:

Observable Behaviours

Actions or reactions of an individual that can be directly seen and measured.

Behaviourism

A theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behavior and investigates how organisms learn new behaviors or modify existing ones, depending on whether events in their environments reward or punish these behaviors.

Unconscious

A part of the mind that hosts thoughts, memories, and desires not present in conscious awareness, influencing behavior and decisions.

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.