We discuss a study from the mid-90s by Arthur and Elaine Aaron, which involved asking and answering 36 questions to foster interpersonal closeness. The questions were used with various groups of people, including college students, individuals from different ethnic backgrounds, and police officers. Originally focused on creating interpersonal closeness, a 2015 New York Times article suggested using the questions to fall in love. But does it work?
The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness: A Procedure and Some Preliminary Findings.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0146167297234003
New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/style/modern-love-to-fall-in-love-with-anyone-do-this.html
The Bachelor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bachelor_(American_TV_series)
Berkeley News
https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/02/12/love-in-the-lab/
Aerosmith
https://www.aerosmith.com/
"Delay Rock" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
We discuss a study from the mid-90s by Arthur and Elaine Aaron, which involved asking and answering 36 questions to foster interpersonal closeness. The questions were used with various groups of people, including college students, individuals from different ethnic backgrounds, and police officers. Originally focused on creating interpersonal closeness, a 2015 New York Times article suggested using the questions to fall in love. But does it work?
The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness: A Procedure and Some Preliminary Findings.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0146167297234003
New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/style/modern-love-to-fall-in-love-with-anyone-do-this.html
The Bachelor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bachelor_(American_TV_series)
Berkeley News
https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/02/12/love-in-the-lab/
Aerosmith
https://www.aerosmith.com/
"Delay Rock" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/