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Theories about friendship

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Here are academic theories about how we resist attempts at persuasion.

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.
The Pratfall Effect: Being clumsy makes you likeable.
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).

Social Penetration Theory: relationships go through stages of increasing familiarity.
Stage Theory: relationships go through several stages.
Stimulus-Value-Role Model: we select friends through a three stage model.
Terminating relationships: relationships break down in stages.

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