Opposites Don’t Attract, Liking What’s Nearby, Last Name History

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Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

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🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Learn about why opposites don’t really attract; the “propinquity effect”; and 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
- PDF: http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a682/269a59590349bc369e637d64ea2cae683b51.pdf

We Like What’s Physically Close to Us by Mae Rice

New evidence for the “propinquity effect” – mere physical closeness increases our liking of desirable people and things. (2018, August). Research Digest; Research Digest. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/08/01/new-evidence-for-the-propinquity-effect-mere-physical-closeness-increases-our-liking-of-desirable-people-and-things/
Shin, J., Suh, E. M., Li, N. P., Eo, K., Chong, S. C., & Tsai, M.-H. (2018). Darling, Get Closer to Me: Spatial Proximity Amplifies Interpersonal Liking. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(2), 300–309. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218784903

The History of Last Names by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Gregory)

Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps. (2012). Forebears.Io. https://forebears.io/surnames
Surnames & The Norman Conquest | Heritage Family History. (2016, September 3). Heritagefamilyhistory.co.uk. https://www.heritagefamilyhistory.co.uk/blog/2016/09/surnames-the-norman-conquest/
SCMP. (2016, November 17). South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2046955/complex-origins-chinese-names-demystified
The Memi De-Shalit Database of Jewish Family Names at Beit Hatfutsot. (2020). Beit Hatfutsot. https://www.bh.org.il/databases/family-names/jewish-family-names-introduction/
Muraskin, B. (2014, January 8). Jewish Surnames Explained. Slate Magazine; Slate. https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/01/ashkenazi-names-the-etymology-of-the-most-common-jewish-surnames.html

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0:17.0	One of the first things Ashley says in this episode is the phrase,
0:20.0	we're releasing this episode on Valentine's Day.
0:23.0	Don't panic. We originally released this episode on Valentine's Day,
0:28.0	but here in 2022, you have a few more days to plan a hot dinner date. And who knows? You might even get
0:34.4	some ideas for how to romance your special someone after hearing today's
0:38.1	stories. We'll be back with a new episode Wednesday, but for now I'm Cody Gough.
0:42.4	And I'm Cody Gough.
0:42.8	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:44.1	Today you learn about why opposites don't really attract
0:46.9	and how physical distance affects the way we feel
0:49.3	about other people.
0:50.7	We'll wrap up with a listener question
0:52.2	about when and why we started using last names.
0:55.0	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:57.0	We're releasing this episode on Valentine's Day,
1:00.0	so we just had to get into some relationship research,
1:02.8	starting with that old saying that opposites attract.
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