Sociology 2233 Chapter 9: ch.9-attraction.docx
3 Jul 2013
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Relies on both physical and psychological functional distance. Maintaining friendships, having positive warm relationships make people happiest. Propinquity effect: finding that the more we see and interact with people, the more likely they are to become our friends. Functional distance: certain aspects of architectural design that make it likely that some people will come into contact with each other more often than others. Mere exposure effect: more exposure we have to a stimulus, more apt we are to like it. Familiarity leads to attraction whether it is face-to-face or online. If you feel negatively toward a person, more exposure = more dislike. The harper effect: more we see him, less we like him. Commonly online formed relationships move to offline modes of communication. Similarity effects most likely to be found for traits related to one"s value system. Similarity for of activity preferences stronger predictor of attraction than attitudes sim. Individualistic cultures place more emphasis on similarity effects.
