Unit 6: Chapter 11
Interpersonal attraction and rejection
By Mpilo MT
,Learning objectives
• Differentiate the two ingredients for belongingness,
debate why the need to belong
• The variables that predict who will like whom
• Identify strategies for getting someone to like you an
explain how reciprocity has a powerful effect on likin
• Behavioural effects of rejection
• Analyse what makes people feel lonely and describe
conditions that lead to social rejection
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, Copyright © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved.
Introduction
• Corinne Hofmann’s story illustrates attraction, social
acceptance and rejection
• Attraction: anything that draws two or more people together
• Making them want to be together and possibly form a
lasting relationship
Interpersonal attraction and rejection
By Mpilo MT
,Learning objectives
• Differentiate the two ingredients for belongingness,
debate why the need to belong
• The variables that predict who will like whom
• Identify strategies for getting someone to like you an
explain how reciprocity has a powerful effect on likin
• Behavioural effects of rejection
• Analyse what makes people feel lonely and describe
conditions that lead to social rejection
Copyright © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved.
, Copyright © 2018 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved.
Introduction
• Corinne Hofmann’s story illustrates attraction, social
acceptance and rejection
• Attraction: anything that draws two or more people together
• Making them want to be together and possibly form a
lasting relationship