    interpersonal attraction is the attraction between people which leads to friendships and romantic relationships. interpersonal attraction, the process, is distinct from perceptions of physical attractiveness which involves views of what is and is not considered beautiful or attractive. the study of interpersonal attraction is a major area of research in social psychology. interpersonal attraction is related to how much we like, dislike, or hate someone. it can be viewed as a force acting between two people that tends to draw them together and resist their separation. when measuring interpersonal attraction, one must refer to the qualities of the attracted as well as the qualities of the attractor to achieve predictive accuracy. it is suggested that to determine attraction, personality and situation must be taken into account. repulsion is also a factor in the process of interpersonal attraction, one's conception of "attraction" to another can vary from extreme attraction to extreme repulsion. ==measurement== thumb|250px|any given interaction is characterized by a certain level of intensity, which is conveyed by individual and interpersonal behavior, including the more subtle nonverbal behavioral information of interpersonal attraction. interpersonal attraction is most frequently measured using the 'interpersonal attraction judgment scale' developed by donn byrne.[bryne, donn and griffitt, william. (february 1973) "interpersonal attraction", annual review of psychology. pg 316-336  it is a scale in which a subject rates a target person on dimensions such as intelligence, knowledge of current events, morality, adjustment, like-ability and desirability as a work partner. this scale seems to be directly related with other measures of social attraction such as social choice, desirability ratings as a date, sexual partner, or spouse, voluntary physical proximity, frequency of eye contact, etc. kiesler & goldberg analyzed a variety of response measures that were typically utilized as measure
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