ATTRACTION The Psychology of Attraction: The Top Five Classic Studies 1. Similarity and the ?Bogus Stranger?- Attraction and Positive Reinforcement (Byrne & Nelson, 1965) 2. Friends in the Dorm : Proximity and ?Mere Exposure? (Festinger, Schachter, & Back, 1950) 3. The Shaky Bridge and ?Misattribution of Arousal? (Dutton & Aron, 1974) 4. Gain-Loss Theory (Aronson & Linder, 1965) 5. Beauty is Good (Dion, Berscheid & Walster, 1972) Remember our Theories? Evolutionary Perspectives, Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Social-learning Perspectives, Learning/Cognitive/Behavioral Perspectives What attracts us to other people? Similarity or Homophily ? ?Birds of a Feather? ?There is much evidence that humans engage in assortative mating