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Psychology: Person Perception and Interpersonal Attraction: Dealing with Social World

Perceptions of Others

Self perception is a complex social process where both the child՚s own experience and society play an important role.

Impression Formation

One of the most common task in our everyday life is perceiving others. When somebody meets another person, he/she forms an impression. A whole impression of the person is formed. Traits are known and they interact among themselves and not remain separately.

Dealing with the Social World

Interpersonal Attraction

Attraction between persons is a common experience.

Some of the factors that influence attraction are as follows

Illustration: Interpersonal Attraction
  • Physical attractiveness: Physical attractiveness is found to be one of the reason why people react more positively.
  • Similarity and complementarily
  • Familiarity and propinquity
  • Reciprocal liking
  • Affect
  • Need for affiliation
  • Enduring relationship

A child՚s behavior with parents determine quality of love and affection in children in the long run. The parental love that person will show is determined by attraction between parents and personal virtues. Some of the virtues which are emphasized in the Indian society are given below.

  • Charity: Helping, forgiving and tolerating parents.
  • Justice: Fulfilling obligations to parents and respecting their rights.
  • Prudence: Using reason for their benefit.
  • Fortitude: undergoing hardships for their benefit.
  • Temperance: Controlling disruptive emotions and practicing self-discipline.
  • Close friendship: A relationship turns into close relationship when a friend has interacted with other friend for quite number of times, quite number of setting. The person also has provided emotional support. In childhood the children desires to share activities with friends which both parties tend to enjoy. The attachment style mentioned above influences the way children interact and, in turn, affect the quality of relationships.