Interpersonal relationships - sample essay 22/0/05

... Psychology Miss Rowbotham 22/10/05 Interpersonal relationships - sample essay A. Describe research studies relating to interpersonal attraction (12 marks) Interpersonal attraction is the attraction between people which leads to friendship and romantic relationships. Proximity helps to form interpersonal attraction, as, if two people live closely to each other, then they are more likely to meet and become friends, eventually becoming involved in a relationship together. Festinger Et Al (1950) studied students living on campus. They found that students were most friendly with those next door and least friendly with those at the end of a corridor. Felipe and Sommer (1969) also conducted a study on a proximity, which showed that proximity can be useful, but can also make someone not like you if you come too close to them, making them feel uncomfortable. They did this by sitting "too close" to various types of people and then measuring the amount of time it took

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