Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Casual Sex, Positive Tone, Positive Illusions
10 Apr 2014
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One of the simplest determinants of interpersonal attraction is proximity. Propinquity effect: the finding that the more we see and interact with people, the more likely they are to become our friends. Rely not only on actual physical distance, but also on the more psychological, functional distance. Functional distance is defined as certain aspects of architectural design that make it likely that some people will come into contact with each other more often than with others. The propinquity effect works because of the mere exposure effect. Mere exposure effect: the finding that the more exposure we have to a stimulus, the more apt we are to like it. The effect that mere exposure in the classroom has on attraction. The more often students saw a female confederate in their classroom, the more positively they rated her personality, even though they had never interacted with her.
