1 Seoul National University, Korea.
2 Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2019 Feb;45(2):300-309. doi: 10.1177/0146167218784903. Epub 2018 Jul 19.
Does close distance increase liking for a social object? In a preliminary sociogram task, an association between proximity and intimacy was found in drawings of self and others. In three experimental studies, male participants consistently preferred female targets who were (actually or appeared to be) close than far from them. Distance was manipulated through various means-sitting distance (Study 2), presenting two facial images separately to each eye by a stereoscopic device (Study 3), or a video clip (Study 4). This effect was stronger among those with deprived social needs and occurred in part because close (vs. far) targets seemed psychologically more accessible to the perceiver. Our findings offer rare experimental evidence for the empirically challenged propinquity effect and provide new insights on how distance shapes inner experience.
近距离会增加对社交对象的喜爱吗？在一项初步的社交图任务中，发现自我和他人的绘画中存在接近度和亲密感之间的关联。在三项实验研究中，男性参与者一致更喜欢近距离（实际上或看起来）而不是远距离的女性目标。距离通过各种方式进行操纵——坐姿距离（研究 2）、通过立体设备分别向每只眼睛呈现两张面部图像（研究 3）或视频剪辑（研究 4）。在那些社会需求被剥夺的人中，这种效应更强，部分原因是近距离（相对于远距离）目标对感知者来说在心理上更容易接近。我们的发现为实证性受到挑战的邻近效应提供了罕见的实验证据，并为距离如何塑造内在体验提供了新的见解。
