SOCI 352 Study Guide - Final Guide: Software Development Process, Enmeshment, Mercury-Atlas 6
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Bases of human attraction- you express your preferences when choosing friends, school leaders, roommates, dates, and eventually a marriage partner. The more closely two people are located geographically, the more likely they are to be attracted to one another. You are far more likely to marry a person who is geographically close to your home or school than someone living or staying far away. Once you get to know people, proximity affects whether your relationships will continue. Relationships that do continue despite this obstacle are maintained by the intensity of the rewards derived from them. If we know we are going to be living in very close proximity to someone, we tend to minimize their less desirable traits. Similarity- most people want to meet others who share many of their similar interests. Six variables that show the strongest correlation for psychological characteristics are attitudes; opinions and worldviews for other characteristics include verbal abilities and degree of quarrelsomeness, ingenuousness, and extroversion.
