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The Ss received personal evaluations from three confederates and then rated their liking for each individual. Favorable evaluations produced more attraction than unfavorable evaluations regardless of whether they were consistent or inconsistent with S’s perception of himself. The specific content of the evaluation was more important when the evaluation was unfavorable than when it was favorable. Different types of favorable evaluation were not associated with differential degrees of liking. Unfavorable evaluations that were inconsistent with S’s pereption of himself produced greater hostility than those that were consistent with S’s perception of himself.
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Hewitt, J. Interpersonal attraction as a function of the type of favorable and unfavorable evaluation. Psychon Sci 22, 197–198 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332566
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