Interpersonal attraction is traditionally defined in social psychology as a positive attitude or evaluation regarding a particular person, including the three components conventionally ascribed to attitudes: behavioral (tendency to approach the person), cognitive (positive beliefs about the person), and affective (positive feelings for the person). Another approach treats attraction as the desire to form a friendly or romantic relationship with a particular person. Attraction is often treated as equivalent to liking. Loving, particularly being ‘in love,’ with someone, is sometimes seen as a very strong or special kind of attraction. Attraction in the above senses is distinguished from attractiveness—characteristics of people such as good looks or desirable personality that make others be attracted to them. Read through the presentation to get more points on this topic.

Yogita Parihar

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