Exposure Effects in the Classroom: The Development of Affinity Among Students
Moreland & Beach (1992) · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 28(3)
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What it found
Four women attended a university lecture course 0, 5, 10 or 15 times without speaking to anyone. At the end of term the 130 students rated the women they had seen more often as more attractive and more similar to themselves, while barely recognising them.
What it does not show
Four confederates, one course, 130 students rating slides at the end of term. Exposure raised ratings of attraction and similarity while barely raising recognition; nobody spoke to anyone, so it says nothing about what happens once you do.
And where we carry it further
One classroom, one term, and the effect was on ratings of a slide, not on anybody starting a conversation.
Where we rely on it
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