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This experiment tested the effects of attitude extremity on the functional relationship between level of attitude similarity and interpersonal attraction. It was predicted that persons exhibiting greater attitude extremity would be more attracted to a “bogus” stranger who expressed similar attitudes and less attracted to a stranger expressing dissimilar attitudes than Ss holding more neutral attitudes. The results showed a significant main effect of attitude similarity on attraction, but the hypothesized interaction with attitude extremity was not found to be significant. The data were discussed in the context of other findings in the area.
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Jackson, L.A., Mascaro, G.F. Interpersonal attraction as a function of attitude similarity dissimilarity and attitude extremity. Psychon Sci 23, 187–188 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336069
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