Comment on a Proposed Two-Stage Theory of Relationship Formation: First, Repulsion; Then, Attraction

Byrne, Clore, and Smeaton attempted to account for my failure to find differences between similar attitude and nonattitude control conditions primarily by invoking the concept of assumed similarity. Their own statements in previous work argue against bringing to bear mediating processes that are not...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 1986-12, Vol.51 (6), p.1171-1172
Main Author: Rosenbaum, Milton E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Attitude Similarity
Biological and medical sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Interpersonal Attraction
Other techniques and industries
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social psychology
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Summary:Byrne, Clore, and Smeaton attempted to account for my failure to find differences between similar attitude and nonattitude control conditions primarily by invoking the concept of assumed similarity. Their own statements in previous work argue against bringing to bear mediating processes that are not theoretically specified or empirically supported. In fact, the Byrne group has provided the only data relating assumed similarity and attraction, and the results show a lack of support for their argument. In addition, the quantitative aspects of the attraction model in the form of the Byrne-Nelson formula would not seem to have the power to reveal differences between critical predicted and obtained values associated with differential assumed similarity. The proposed two-stage process of relationship development is welcomed.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.51.6.1171