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Interpersonal attraction refers to the positive feelings or attitudes individuals have towards each other that leads them to desire interaction, friendship, or romantic involvement with one another. It involves factors such as physical attractiveness, similarity, proximity, and reciprocity.
3.2.2.1 Proximity as an Intensifier of Sentiments A frequently advanced and commonly accepted notion is that propinquity, or proximity, has a strong influence on one’s friendship choices. Stated in its simplest form, the proposition is as follows: Other things being equal, the closer two
In the first place, it summarizes and explains underlying principles and perspectives. Then it develops a framework that systematically analyzes and compares evidences which support the idea that physical proximity is the primary determinant of interpersonal attraction.
We will tackle several factors on attraction to include proximity, familiarity, physical attractiveness, similarity, reciprocity, the hard-to-get effect, and intimacy, and then close with a discussion of mate selection.
15 sty 2015 · Written by two pioneering researchers in the area of attraction, this early review article provides an excellent overview of the measurement of attraction, existing theories of attraction, and empirical research on factors (such as similarity) that influence attraction.
4 sie 2022 · In gestalt psychology, the proximity principle is one of several gestalt principles of perceptual organization and states that people treat objects close together as a group. In social psychology, the proximity principle suggests that people closer together in a physical environment are more likely to form a relationship than those farther away.
1 sty 1994 · close proximity has been found to increase attraction among soldiers assigned to bomber crews (Kipnis 1957), college students assigned to alphabetized seats in their classes (Segal 1974),...
