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What is affiliation?
Our relationships with other people.
What are the three types of affectionate relationships?
Friends, relatives, and romantic partners.
What is the proximity effect?
Physical closeness increases the likelihood of friendship.
What is the mere exposure effect?
The more we see someone, the more we tend to like them.
What did Festinger et al. (1950) find about proximity?
People were more likely to become friends with their neighbors than those living farther apart.
How does similarity affect friendship?
We are drawn to people like us because it reinforces our identity and smooths interactions.
What did Chartrand & Bargh (1999) discover about mimicry?
People liked others more when they subtly mimicked their behaviors.
What is self-affirmation in friendships?
Being around similar people reinforces our sense of identity.
Why does proximity increase friendships?
Close physical distance leads to more interactions, making friendships more likely.
What is the role of social bonding in similarity?
Similarity (even in small behaviors) helps interactions feel smoother and strengthens bonds.
What is the voluntary nature of platonic friendships?
Unlike family, we choose platonic friends, and these relationships can change over time.
How can repeated exposure influence attraction?
The more we see someone, the more we tend to like them due to the mere exposure effect.
What is the unconscious mimicry effect?
People unknowingly copy others’ behaviors, increasing liking and social connection.
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