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<title>friendship *****</title>
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<pubDate>10-NOV-08</pubDate>
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Factors that increase friendship
Ben Franklin Effect: after helping another person we like them more. 
Contact Hypothesis: bringing enemies together leads towards friendship. 
Dilution Effect: information about others reduces stereotyping. 
Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis: if we feel empathy we are likely to help. 
Friendship: there are several factors that increase chances of friendship. 
Law of Attraction: similar attitudes leads to friendship.  
Matching Hypothesis: romantic partners tend to be similarly attractive.  
Mere Exposure Theory: exposure to people increases liking. 
Propinquity Effect: meeting and interacting increase chance of friendship. 
Reinforcement-Affect Theory: both forms of conditioning leads us to like others. 
Repulsion Hypothesis: we prefer those with similar attitudes (and vice versa).
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