Newcomb (1961) had participants fill in questionnaires about their attitudes and values before they arrived at university. Although in their first few weeks of university participants preferred those who lived close to them, over time attraction was more closely related to similarity in their initial attitudes. Such findings suggest that: only physical or obvious bases for similarity are important similarity on the basis of psychological characteristics are important in the early phases of a relationship, but a physical basis for similarity becomes more important over time proximity is more important than similarity a physical basis for similarity are important in the early phases of a relationship, but similarity on the basis of psychological characteristics becomes more important over time

Attitude, similarity, and proximity are important in interpersonal attraction.

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Social Psychology (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134641287

Author:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Publisher:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Chapter1: Introducing Social Psychology

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Newcomb (1961) had participants fill in questionnaires about their attitudes and values before they arrived at university. Although in their first few weeks of university participants preferred those who lived close to them, over time attraction was more closely related to similarity in their initial attitudes. Such findings suggest that:

		only physical or obvious bases for similarity are important
		similarity on the basis of psychological characteristics are important in the early phases of a relationship, but a physical basis for similarity becomes more important over time
		proximity is more important than similarity
		a physical basis for similarity are important in the early phases of a relationship, but similarity on the basis of psychological characteristics becomes more important over time