A meta-analytic investigation of the processes underlying the similarity-attraction effect

By R. Montoya, Robert S. Horton. 2013

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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• Learning from video modeling examples: Content kept equal, adults are more effective models than peers (2016, unknown): “The model-observer similarity (MOS) hypothesis (Bandura, 1994; Schunk, 1987; see also the similarity-attraction hypothesis, Montoya & Horton, 2013; Moreno & Flowerday, 2006; Reeves & Nass, 1996) postulates that, because modeling enables social comparison (Berger, 1977; Johnson & Lammers, 2012), the…”
• Engendering support: Hostile sexism predicts voting for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential election (2019, background): “These public displays of sexism might engender votes from people who see their own beliefs reflected in him given the well-established relationship between similarity and liking (Byrne, Bond, & Diamond, 1969; see Montoya & Horton, 2012, for a recent review).”