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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 ...
The propinquity effect is the tendency for people to form friendships or romantic relationships with those whom they encounter often, forming a bond between subject and friend. Workplace interactions are frequent and this frequent interaction is often a key indicator as to why close relationships can readily form in this type of environment. [ 1 ]
One of the primary determinants of interpersonal attraction is one's proximity to others. As noted by Priest and Sawyer (1960), [1] whether it is two people in the same organization, the same city, the same country, or the entire planet, "the probability of their ever interacting is more a function of the distance between them than of any other characteristic" (p. 646).
In psychology, an affectional bond is a type of attachment behavior one individual has for another individual, [1] typically a caregiver for their child, [2] in which the two partners tend to remain in proximity to one another.
Bowlby proposed that proximity-seeking behaviour evolved out of selection pressure. [4] In the context of survival, a healthy internal working model helps the infant to maintain proximity to their caregiver in the face of threat or danger. [7] This is especially important for species with prolonged periods of development, like humans.
Leon Festinger (8 May 1919 – 11 February 1989) was an American social psychologist who originated the theory of cognitive dissonance and social comparison theory.The rejection of the previously dominant behaviorist view of social psychology by demonstrating the inadequacy of stimulus-response conditioning accounts of human behavior is largely attributed to his theories and research. [1]
“Wait for the man who randomly tears up because he’s so in love," Madison Perrott wrote alongside the sweet clip of her boyfriend of over a year
In 2005, Fisher and her colleagues conducted a second fMRI study to research the effect of romantic rejection and gain a better understanding of human emotions, motivations, and behaviors related to this kind of love. In the experiment, the subjects consisted of 10 women and 5 men that had been rejected by their person of interest but still had ...