Practice question · Multiple choice
Proximity does much of its work through repeated exposure. Why should mere familiarity make someone more attractive?
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- Ask whether the effect appears for stimuli people cannot consciously recall seeing.
- It works for nonsense syllables and foreign characters too.
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A. Because familiarity is read by the brain as evidence of safety
Why
Mere exposure operates below deliberate evaluation and works for shapes and syllables as well as people. Proximity supplies the exposure; the liking follows without any discovery of shared interests.
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