PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Maryland State Police, Police Academy, Personality Test
20 Dec 2018
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We tend to form relationships with those we often encounter because we are exposed to them the most. Its not about physical distance, its about functional distance (ritually running onto people all the time) Functional distance: # of passive contacts that design & position allow. Propinquity works because we liked things that are familiar to us (mere exposure) The further away people lived the less likely they would get married. Negative correlation between distance & % marriages. Dorm assignment had an influence on what friends you had when you graduated. In the case of dorm designing, functional distance is increased for people living close to the stairs and they are more likely to have friends from the. 2nd floor because they see them more often. Method: they had conf attend diff levels of classes, some attended 0 some. Lecture room was fawn shape, you can easily see who is entering.
