• Register




Welcome to Psychology Questions, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of the community.



Most popular tags

psychology please help question mental health i want to know the answer emotional depression psychology in social life love why child development please help - confused 101 - psychology in relationships children i dont understand sociopath anxiety social second person i want to know the answer. please help me ! side effects borderline personality disorder girlfriend relationships family help stress without regard for feelings of others sex psychological please help me mental illness people behavior research paper i want to know the answer. habitual wife sociopath behaviors emotions cognative behavioral therapy questionnaire friends term child psychology self-deprication dating schizophrenia fear mind class methods career need an honest answer help finding split personality disorder in someone organizational psychology psychology sleep daughter and mother relationship third person? high school confusion hate dreams lies eating disorders anti-social behavior wondering johnny rapid" "johnny rapid self-esteem emotional affair hurt feeling personality disorder critical analysis of pass theory of intelligence feeling for people crying mental and vision trust in relationships sleep disorder psychological theories books guilt abuse bipolar psychology of weight loss manipulation childhood disorder erik erikson dependent variable independent variable 2 history writing psychology statistics need your help shock (please help) why? my life adult male indiference relief wundt vs fechner personality disorders male psychology embarrassment 169 god homosexuality pathological? familiarisation sensitive holiday angry aggressive humanistic theory toxins and mental health helplessness. anger cognative behavioral therapy research cognative psychopath personalities memory strange examples classical conditioning journal mental college a chiffon bridesmaid dresses bola your the boss. sigmund freud psychology doctor mental manifestations due to stress husband and wife leah_datbish free online tutorials mental well being it makes me so mad ....am i wrong to feel disrespected and not listened to? family problems self loathing mother son relationship empirical studies superiority and inferiority complexes can't cry unemotional bad thoughts repetition deliberate hurt biological psychology passive aggressive loans research methods memory lapses male life cognative behavior . anxiety in families mental disorder unstable omnipotent husband and wife's relationship takers passive curiosity psychology major minor grad school chemical engineering schizophrenia? thinker drug addiction ) ( amnesia cleanliness disorders ? apathy family psychology molested maturbation mental heath psycology psychoanalytic bullying bad thoughts at night traits. murder nightmare cheating fetish newspaper seasonal depression spend bible sensation marijuana caught cold erik erickson friendship theory of motivation




in Theories in Psychology by

Your answer

Your name to display (optional):
Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications.
Anti-spam verification:

To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register.

3 Answers

There is a theory called the "good genes" theory that can perhaps explain some of this.  Some animals, generally males, will purposefully participate in dangerous or risky behavior such as exposing themselves to predators in order to attract a mate.  The perspective mate may subconsciously think that type of behavior is a sign of strength. If he is willing to put himself in danger, he must have "good genes."

Applying this to human males there are a lot of similarities. I once had a professor who often referred to it as the "Hey everyone . . . watch this. . ." phenomenon. This of course is what young males say just before doing something incredibly risky.

Some females may be attracted to it because they feel these risky behaviors are a sign of strength.
by
Becuase of the thrill!
by (2.6k points)
Opposites really do attract. There is the rush one gets from danger and just like looking at a bad car wreck- we can't help but look. Looking is the first step and if the opportunity arises the actions could follow. A fire is pretty to look at but if you fall into it then it will burn you. Bad boys are usually more intersting and girls mature faster than boys so those "interesting" boys seem to get thier attention more.

Once a good girl gets over her infatuation she realizes that bad boys have nothing to offer them except jail visits and they move on to more meaningful realtionships-hopefully. Depending on the good girl of course...if she has a good brain or not.
by
...