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Maybe it's their goofy smile; maybe it's their razor-sharp wit; or
maybe it's simply that they're easy to be around. You just like
them.
But scientists generally aren't satised with answers like that, and
they've spent years trying to pinpoint the exact factors that draw
one person to another.
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Sure enough, participants were more likely to say that they liked
their partner when their partner had been mimicking their
behaviour.
knew certain traits didn't describe the people who had talked
about them.
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According to Gretchen Rubin, author of the book "The
Happiness Project," "whatever you say about other people
inuences how people see you."
If you want to make others feel happy when they're around you,
do your best to communicate positive emotions.
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According to the pratfall eect, people will like you more after
you make a mistake but only if they believe you are a
competent person. Revealing that you aren't perfect makes you
more relatable and vulnerable toward the people around you.
When people did well on the quiz but spilled coee at the end of
the interview, the students rated them higher on likability than
when they did well on the quiz and didn't spill coee or didn't do
well on the quiz and spilled coee.
By the end of their stay, the subjects liked their housemates more
when they had similar attitudes about the topics measured.
found that Air Force recruits liked each other more when they
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positive ones.
9. Smile
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Bonus: Another study suggested that smiling when you rst meet
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10. See the other person how they want to be seen
You can try this technique on your own as you're getting to know
someone. For example, you can build up from asking easy
questions (like the last movie they saw) to learning about the
people who mean the most to them in life. When you share
intimate information with another person, they are more likely to
feel closer to you and want to conde in you in the future.
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