the force acting between two people, that tends to draw them together and resist seperation
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what is proximity in relation to attraction
functional distance can be considered more important than geographical distance. good because of opportunity for interaction.
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when was festimger, shackter and back conducted?
1950
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what happened in festimger, shackter and back?
the Westgate Housing Project placed 270 students assigned to a building. 65% of close friends after a year were from same building. 41% of friends were their neighbours.
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what did liben et al do?
2005, analysis of 500,000 data from bloggers. found that friends were geographically close.
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why does proximity influence attraction
availability, anticipation of future reaction, familiarity.
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what are the limitations of mere exposure
ceiling effects, over exposure effect and circumstances must be pleasant
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what is similarity in terms of attraction
the more similar peoples attitudes, beliefs and values are, the more we like them.
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what is implicit egotism
means they are attracted to arbitrary things
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what did bryne and nelson do?
1965, manipulated attitude similarity by saying degree of overlap was higher. self other similarity was positively related.
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what did mayner and puller do?
people who share similar political views are more likely to be friends
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what is the matching hypothesis
tendency for people to like others who are similarly on socially desirable level. assertive mating = the people equal to us.
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why does similarity effect attraction?
lower risks of conflict, reciprocity, source of validation
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what is recpirpcity
we tend to like those who like us
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what did curtis and miller do?
1986, 60 same sex pairs of unacquainted students participating in a get to know you. after if they were told person liked them they were more chatty, or less if they were told not.
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why does physical attractiveness effect ?
people who are rated more desirable potential mates than less attractive people
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is physical attractiveness of equal importance to everyone?
no, individual differences and gender differences come into play
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why does physical attractiveness influence attraction
visually appealing, rewarding behaviours, heuristic cue of good genes.
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what is proprinquiity
people we see frequently become familiar to us
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what is similarity
similar recognises to farmiliar
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reciprocal liking
like means more likely to carry on liking eachother
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what is proximity in relation to attraction
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functional distance can be considered more important than geographical distance. good because of opportunity for interaction.
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