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Misattribution of Arousal

In 1974, Donald Dutton and Arthur Aron performed a study on what truly arouses people, whether environment has anything to do with it rather than just one stimulus. They had an attractive women cross paths with males in two different situations. They had the woman cross paths with one group of males while walking across a long bridge and the other group after they had crossed the bridge and had a moment to sit down and catch their breath. Though there are a lot of variables that were not accounted for in this study, the results are interesting. After the men crossed her path, she went up to them and gave them her number and told them to call her if they had any more questions about the study. The men that crossed her paths while walking across the bridge were more likely to call her rather than the men that had a moment to catch their breath. So potentially, the conditions on the bridge, such as the height, the breeze, the energy put into walking, etc combined to create a more alluring situation for arousal from this woman. If you think about attraction whether lust or simple arousal from someone, is it the situation or the person? I think everyone has moments when they are more susceptible to attraction. It could be weather such as heat or cold, or perhaps a scenery that brings out a certain mood. Some people find the beach to be very alluring or maybe the mountains. Taking this into account, it makes one question the reasoning for their attraction to the people that have sparked something in their minds. Perhaps this should be another aspect added into my project in terms of the settings for the photographs and also for how it will be viewed. I might be able to find a way to place people in a situation where they feel uncomfortable, but also somehow aroused at the same time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misattribution_of_Arousal Misattribution of Arousal by E. Aronson 2005

Merlin Bronques

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