Does familiarity breed contempt or liking? Comment on Reis, Maniaci, Caprariello, Eastwick, and Finkel (2011)

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 571-574

  Norton, Michael I ^a   Frost, Jeana H ^b   Ariely, Dan ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Close relationships; Familiarity; Impression formation; Mere exposure; Person perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 80052235399     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023202     Document Type: Article

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