PSYB10H3 Lecture : PSYB10 - Lec 7 (near verbatim) - Initial Attraction and Close Relationships.doc
4 Jun 2012
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Propinquity effect: the more we see and interact w/ another person, the more likely we are to like them. 1950"s: trying to predict who would become friends w/ each other. Dorms w/ people who were graduate students and their spouses. Location of your apartment predicted who you became friends with; much more likely to become friends who were next door neighbors (41%) If even 2 doors apart, 22% of ppl were friends (drastic cut-off, even w/ just a small increase in distance) Opposite ends of the hall, only 10% friends. Apartments 1 and 5 = ppl at the base of the stairs, had more friends than any other group = more friends from the second flood also = had opportunity to interact w/ the other ppl there. Propinquity effect is just an observation of the real world, where the closer you are, the more you interact w/ ppl and the more you like them.
