Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Do Opposites Really Attract?
Description: Learn about why opposites don’t really attract; the “propinquity effect” and how physical distance affects the way we feel about other people; and the history of when and why we started using last names.
Opposites Don’t Attract by Kelsey Donk
Johnson, M. D. (2018, February 12). No, opposites do not attract. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/no-opposites-do-not-attract-88839
Montoya, R. M., & Horton, R. S. (2012). A meta-analytic investigation of the processes underlying the similarity-attraction effect. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 30(1), 64–94. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407512452989
We Like What’s Physically Close to Us by Mae Rice
New evidence for the “propinquity effect” – mere physical closeness in...