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You like people just because you see them often.
A 1950 study found that physical proximity is a significant predictor of friendship formation, working in tandem with similarity.
The study (Festinger, Schachter, and Back, 1950) showed that architectural factors influencing social interaction are crucial to friendship, but it also acknowledged the role of shared attitudes and opinions in group dynamics.
Your social circle is often just a map of your routine.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Festinger, Schachter, and Back, 1950, Propinquity Effect
- What the check found
- The study demonstrated the power of propinquity, but did not definitively rank it as the single 'strongest' predictor to the exclusion of similarity.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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