Comments on: Friends with Negatives /2011/09/28/friends-with-negatives/ Health and Science Blog Covering Brain Topics Sat, 29 Dec 2018 04:00:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3 By: Richard /2011/09/28/friends-with-negatives/#comment-703322 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:25:22 +0000 /?p=7119#comment-703322 Isn’t this kind of related to the “us vs. them” technique that is often used in politics and marketing?
If you have a common enemy, then that is something that creates a bond. The findings of this study aren’t surprising at all I think, unless I’m missing something (in which case I hope someone can enlighten me) 🙂

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]]> By: Radhika /2011/09/28/friends-with-negatives/#comment-605916 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:32:14 +0000 /?p=7119#comment-605916 Hi there,

Sure can – the paper I got all this from cites the following studies re: making a good first impression:

Backman, C. W. (1990). Attraction in interpersonal relationships.
In M. Rosenberg & R. H. Turner (Eds.), Social psychology:
Sociological perspectives (pp. 235-268). New Brunswick, NJ:
Transaction Publishing.
Crowne, D. P., & Marlowe, D. (1960). A new scale of social desirability
independent of psychopathology. Journal of Consulting
Psychology, 24, 349-354.
Jones, E. E. (1964). Ingratiation. New York, NY: Appleton-
Century-Crofts.
Rowatt, W. C., Cunningham, M. R., & Druen, P. B. (1998). Deception
to get a date. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,
24, 1228-1242.
Stevens, C. K., & Kristof, A. L. (1995). Making the right impression:
A field study of applicant impression management during
job interviews. Journal of Applied Psychology, 80, 587-606.

I hope this is what you meant 🙂

]]> By: mohamadreza /2011/09/28/friends-with-negatives/#comment-605904 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:55:56 +0000 /?p=7119#comment-605904 oh. very nice. formerly i have noticed this point in my relationships. but now i know how it works.

]]> By: Katja Grace /2011/09/28/friends-with-negatives/#comment-605858 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:18:25 +0000 /?p=7119#comment-605858 You say the act of revealing a negative viewpoint is socially undesirable. How well documented is this?

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