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Hello, I am looking for someone to write an essay on Comparison and Critical Evaluation of Different Theories of Interpersonal Attraction. It needs to be at least 1250 words.

At the end of the paper a conclusion is made based on the comparison and the critical evaluation of the four theories of interpersonal attraction. Comparison and Evaluation of the Various Theories of Interpersonal Attraction Theories of interpersonal attraction are the theories in Social Psychology that seeks to explain the phenomenon of interpersonal attraction. These theories seek to account for what really causes attraction among people. Although the scholars in interpersonal attraction are widely agreed that the factors of Propinquity, Similarity, Reciprocal liking, and Physical attractiveness, influences interpersonal attraction, the scholars, however, differ on what really causes interpersonal attraction. As such, different scholars have come up with varying theories in an attempt to explain this phenomenon of interpersonal attraction. This paper compares and critically evaluates four such theories of interpersonal attraction. These theories are: Social Exchange Theory, Equity Theory, Evolutionary Theory, and Attachment Theory. At the end of the paper, a conclusion is made based on the comparison and the critical evaluation of the four theories of interpersonal attraction. ...

nship they are worth or deserve, and the available alternatives for the person to have a relationship with other people (the comparison level of alternatives). The Social Exchange theory of interpersonal attraction is supported by a number of scholars in Social Psychology. To begin with, Newcomb claims that we acquire favourable or unfavourable attitudes towards other people as we are awarded, or punished by them (Newcomb, 1956). On the other hand, Aronson claims that we normally get attracted to other people whose behaviour is most rewarding to us (Aronson, 1969). Walster claimed that individuals like those who reward them (Walster, 1971), while Levinger and Snoek said that liking other people emerges from the rewards that we get the people (Levinger &amp. Snoek, 1972). In nutshell, the Social exchange theory of interpersonal attraction holds that all forms of interpersonal attraction can be attributed to the gains or the benefits that one expects to derive from his object of attraction, i.e. to the person he/she is attracted to. But a critical look at this view vis-a- vis the other theories of interpersonal attraction shows that this theory is partly true but it does not explain fully the phenomenon of interpersonal attraction. This is because there is more motivation to interpersonal attraction than just the direct reward that one hopes to gain from the relationship. For instance, as the theory of evolution holds, our behaviour in interpersonal attraction can be accounted for by our adaptations in the process of human evolution. This will become clearer when we look at the evolutionary theory of interpersonal attraction. The second weakness of this theory is the assumption that reward is the sole motivation of interpersonal attraction.