Kim and Dan have worked together for nearly a year in the same area of the office. They have gone to lunch at approximately the same time each work day and have eaten lunch in the same diner near the office building. Recently, they have begun to see each other socially after work. What is probably behind this new dating relationship?

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Lindsey Joyce

Social Studies

9 September, 00:09

Kim and Dan have worked together for nearly a year in the same area of the office. They have gone to lunch at approximately the same time each work day and have eaten lunch in the same diner near the office building. Recently, they have begun to see each other socially after work. What is probably behind this new dating relationship?

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Dennis Salinas · Answer 1

They are attracted by proximity.

Explanation:

Here Kim and Dan's attraction are based on their proximity to each other. They both work in the same place and see each other continually. We can look at this based on the psychology of attraction which suggests that physical proximity increases the attractiveness of a person seeing that there is continued exposure. The mere exposure theory effect states that people becomeore attracted to novel stimuli that is repeated over and over