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  2. Proximity principle - Wikipedia

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    Within the realm of social psychology, the proximity principle accounts for the tendency for individuals to form interpersonal relations with those who are close by. Theodore Newcomb first documented this effect through his study of the acquaintance process, which demonstrated how people who interact and live close to each other will be more ...

  3. Principles of grouping - Wikipedia

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    The principles of similarity and proximity often work together to form a Visual Hierarchy. Either principle can dominate the other, depending on the application and combination of the two. For example, in the grid to the left, the similarity principle dominates the proximity principle; the rows are probably seen before the columns.

  4. Propinquity - Wikipedia

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    Propinquity can mean physical proximity, a kinship between people, or a similarity in nature between things ("like-attracts-like"). Two people living on the same floor of a building, for example, have a higher propinquity than those living on different floors, just as two people with similar political beliefs possess a higher propinquity than ...

  5. Gestalt psychology - Wikipedia

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    Law of proximity. The law of proximity states that when an individual perceives an assortment of objects, they perceive objects that are close to each other as forming a group. For example, in the figure illustrating the law of proximity, there are 72 circles, but we perceive the collection of circles in groups.

  6. Near sets - Wikipedia

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    From a spatial point of view, nearness (a.k.a. proximity) is considered a generalization of set intersection.For disjoint sets, a form of nearness set intersection is defined in terms of a set of objects (extracted from disjoint sets) that have similar features within some tolerance (see, e.g., §3 in).

  7. Reward theory of attraction - Wikipedia

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    For example, the subjects were given a large number, such as 9,471, and were instructed to begin counting in receding order in increments of 7. Over the course of the experiment, this procedure ran for a duration of twelve minutes and repeated six times. [6] Fisher found that several regions in the brain had been activated.

  8. Proximity search (text) - Wikipedia

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    The basic linguistic assumption of proximity searching is that the proximity of the words in a document implies a relationship between the words. Given that authors of documents try to formulate sentences which contain a single idea, or cluster of related ideas within neighboring sentences or organized into paragraphs, there is an inherent, relatively high, probability within the document ...

  9. Affiliative conflict theory - Wikipedia

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    Physical proximity – The interpersonal distance between individuals can also affect the intimacy equilibrium level. During social interaction, one's intimacy should increase when individuals are close in space. [10] A hug or kiss are good examples of nonverbal behaviors that increase intimacy between two interactants.