Stimuli that is rewarding produces positive feelings in us, and stimuli that is punishing produces negative feelings. As some of the stimuli are other people it follows that some people make us happy, while others do not. According to the principles of operant conditioning, we are likely to repeat any behaviour that leads to a desirable outcome and avoid behaviour that leads to an undesirable outcome. This theory suggests that we enter into relationships because the presence of some individuals in directly associated with reinforcement – they produce a positive feeling for us – which makes them more attractive to us. As well as being attracted to someone who directly makes us happy, we also like people who we associate with a pleasant experience.
We are more likely to form a relationship with those people who are associated with pleasant event e.g. we are more likely to like someone when we are in a happy mood opposed to unhappy. Support for this theory comes from Griffitt and Guay, they found that higher ratings were given when the experimenter had positively evaluated the participants, thus showing the importance of positive stimuli in relationship formation. Although, the reward / need satisfaction theory doesn’t take into account cultural and gender differences in the formation of romantic relationships. Lott suggests that in many cultures are more focused on the needs of others rather than receiving reinforcement.
The research was then later extended to attachment in romantic relationships by Hazan and Shaver in 1987. One important component of adult attachment is the fact that persons who are in a romantic relationship have the ability to shape their partners interaction goals, relational cognitions, and interpersonal behaviors just by their responsiveness. Individuals with attachment security are known to be responsive and have available attachment figures in times of need. IN contrast, those without attachment security and who have an available attachment figure are known to be unresponsive, unavailable, and unreliable. There are a of secondary strategies that individuals with unresponsive attachment figures tend to form.
According to Spoors et al, Lane found that increased economic power did not lead to increased happiness. Once we have enough to meet their basic needs, happiness tends to lie in the quality of our relationships. In addition to having a strong family network, belonging to some kind of community or social group will also contribute to our happiness. We tend to gain self-esteem and a sense of belonging from being part of a group with whom there is a shared identity and common values. Most groups provide social support and depending on the type of group for example religious groups, will also encourage optimistic
I think that physical attractiveness is more Important than any other factors when looking for a potential date. I think that physical attractiveness really is the key factor, which determines a relationship or not. When we meet someone we see if the individual is good looking and if a relationship could be formed. When two people meet, they form impressions of each other, even if they are only in contact with each other for a minute.I personally think that the outer appearance may not be good looking but the inner self is so it doesnt always have to be about the psyhical apperance. Attraction doesnt necessarliy have to be the outter appearence it could be based on other things about a person.
It may be difficult for outsider negotiators to establish relationships of confidence and trust with members of these national cultures. Hofstede (1980) identified the United States, Scandinavia, and Singapore as having a higher tolerance for uncertainty. Members of these national cultures tend to value risk-taking, problem-solving, flat organizational structures, and tolerance for ambiguity. It may be easier for outsiders to establish trusting relationships with negotiating partners in these cultural contexts. The national culture of a member also differs in terms of the dimensions of individualism/collectivism.
This type of love tends to occur in those with low self-esteem and those who gain confidence in pleasing their love interest. Mania and agape love are similar in that they both have the ability to develop into a very intense and unhealthy relationship for both parties. In both instances the parties involved have the ability to lose their sense of reality. The styles of love that have been most prevalent in my life are logical love called pragma, and friendship love called storge or philia. A love that develops from a friendship usually prevents a lot of disappointments because you already know a lot about that person.
When it comes to deciding whether or not to trust someone, one might ask him/herself, “Can I believe you?”, “Do I agree?”, “Do we have similarities?”, or “Is what you are telling me factual?” Trust is something that must be earned and trust can easily be lost, however, for this particular research, I want to shift the focus to trust after first impressions. The objective of this study is to see if a correlation exists between attractiveness and trustworthiness, versus unattractiveness and untrustworthiness. It is hypothesized that people who are attractive will be trusted more than people who are unattractive. It is also hypothesized that interpersonal relationships, conversations, or interviews will run smoothly when presented with an attractive person and not so smoothly when presented with an unattractive person. To guide the aforementioned research, the articles that will follow were of great assistance in supporting my hypothesis.
When the emotions are socially constructed, we are stating that, due to different cultures the communications of emotions are different, because diverse cultures have different facial expressions, and different nonverbal behaviour for these emotions. Dacher, Oatley and Jenkins (2013) mentioned that people smile to show politeness, to hide the disapproval feelings, to express the romantic attraction, to signal the weakness, to pretend someone is following what another person is saying in their book. The several meanings of a smile depend on how the individual's culture shapes the definition of a smile, even though a smile is just a facial movement of muscles on the face. Maria Gendron (2014) studied people in a remote area where they had little exposure to the western world and found that emotions may be culturally driven since people view emotions differently across cultures. For example, some vocal sounds of emotions would have appeared to be positive to some and negative for others.
To begin, simply stating that person perception is more complex than object perception solely based on the inclusion of emotional factors does not do the thought justice. It is vital to comprehend just what factors of emotion and behavior are present in order to understand to what extent they influence the perception. For instance, Kenny discusses the importance of stability in the distinction between object and person perception. Simply stated, "an individual's behavior changes when he or she is with different interaction partners," (18). In essence this means that a person's perception of another person tends to be more stable and involved based on our instinctual analysis of a person's behavior.