Skip to main content

Sage Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > interpersonal relationships > human relationships > communication processes > affinity seeking
... > social science subjects > sociology > social interaction > human relationships > communication processes > affinity seeking
... > social science subjects > sociology > social theory > micro-interactionist theory > social interaction > human relationships > communication processes > affinity seeking

Preferred term

affinity seeking  

Definition

  • There is a long history of research looking at what makes people find others socially attractive—what makes people like each other. For many years, most predictors of attraction or affinity were static variables such as attitude similarity, proximity, and appearance. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Affinity Seeking]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/affinity_seeking

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD