The Attraction of Celebrity

Why is the explanation of sexual selection arbitary?

What evidence was provided by Darwin?

who stated that most relationships ended due to boredom and that neophilia can prevent this?

What did DeBacker suggest about gossiping?

What did Barko suggest?

What did DeBacker's surey of 800 participant show?

what is neophilia?

How did Miller explain the reason behind the highly valued characteristics of mate choice?

What did Millar argue about celebrites and sexual selection?

what did Shiraishi et al find?

what does the social construction theory suggest?

what is the social identity theory?

What did Derrick et al find?

who came up with the adsorption addiction model?

what is the adsorption addiction model?

What did Maltby et al find?

who investigated the link between parasocial relationships and anxious ambivalent attachment

Give two real life examples of parasocial realtionships

who observed that media coverage has for many replaced that of ‘legitimate’ news

What are the benefits of parasocial realtionships?

What was Horton and Wohl's defenition of parasocial relationships?

who suggested that some people prefer parasocial relationships as there are less demands and less chance of rejection and criticism

What did Schippa's meta analysis of parasocial relationships find?

what evulation point can be linked to Schippa's meta analysis?

what did Sood and Rogers suggest?