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{{Short description|Study of the attraction between people that leads to friendship or romance}} {{Close relationships}} {{Love sidebar}} '''Interpersonal attraction''', as a part of [[social psychology]], is the study of the attraction between [[person|people]] which leads to the development of [[platonic love|platonic]] or [[romantic love|romantic]] relationships. It is distinct from perceptions such as [[physical attractiveness]], and involves views of ''what is'' and ''what is not'' considered beautiful or attractive. Within the study of [[social psychology]], interpersonal attraction is related to how much one likes or dislikes another person. It can be viewed as a force acting between two people that tends to draw them together and to resist their separation. When measuring interpersonal attraction, one must refer to the qualities of the attracted and those of the attractor to achieve predictive accuracy. It is suggested that to determine attraction, both the personalities and the situation must be taken into account.<!--got rid of a plagiarised sentence: Repulsion is also a factor in the process of interpersonal attraction; one's conception of "attraction" to another can vary from extreme attraction to extreme repulsion.<ref>{{cite book | last = Berscheid | author-link = Ellen S. Berscheid | first = Ellen | last2=Walster | first2=Elaine H. | title = Interpersonal Attraction | publisher = Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. | year = 1969 | id = CCCN 69-17443 | isbn = 0-201-00560-3}}]</ref>-->
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