What did the Dutton & Aaron (1974) study find?
Answer: People anticipating electric shocks rated members of the opposite sex as being more attractive.
Another study they conducted involved men crossing a ravine by a narrow rope bridge, a river, a sturdy bridge, were met female experimenter.
Those who crossed the deep ravine were more likely to ring the womens phone number and ask for a date.
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Interpersonal relationships
- What characteristics do men tend to focus on in potential partners?
- What did the Walster et al study find?
- Is physical attractiveness important when it comes to relationships?
- What did the White et al (1974) study find?
- What does seem to work in making people tend to view others as attractive?
- How did Reis (1997) find that proximity doesn't always work?
- What did Mita et al. find? (photos and images in a mirror)
- Why should proximity be so important?
- Is it true that the people we see more often we are more likely to fall in love with?
- What evidence is there proximity and propinquity?