1. Evidence suggests we are attracted to people who are similar to ourselves. Attitudinal resemblance is especially important. Why? Cognitive consistency. If you have favorable attitudes toward certain objects and discover that another person has favorable attitudes toward those objects, your cognitions will be consistent if you like that person. Similar others reinforce our opinions. We expect that similar others will approve of us – we prefer to develop friendships with those we think will evaluate us favorably.

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2. Little proof you to definitely complementarity is essential. (المزيد…)