The decisive fact in the emergence of falling in love may be a common sense of “inner core” with a person. to such results to come The authors of an article in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Falling in love is a complex of sharp positive emotions directed at another person and is often associated with a romantic relationship. At the same time, it is not entirely clear what exactly leads to the development of such feelings, but it is generally believed that “spiritual similarity” contributes to it.
Psychologist Charles Chu decided to conduct four experiments to clarify this issue. He used the concept of self-essentialism for research – this is the name for a person’s tendency to believe that their beliefs or views are formed by an entity “in themselves” – for example, the “spirit”. In other words, essentialists believe that they have a real, unchanging, deep self that defines their identity.
In the first study, participants were briefed about a fictitious person named Jamie who agreed or disagreed with a volunteer on a sensitive issue such as abortion or the death penalty. The psychologist then asked the participants what they thought of Jamie and also asked a series of questions to measure their level of selfishness. It turned out that the more people believed they had a true identity, the more connected they felt to Jamie, who shared their views on something. The same trend continued when the hard question was replaced with a trivial one: for example, people were asked to guess the number of colored dots on the page and then told the actual number and what assessment Jamie had made. It turns out that essentialists feel attached to a fictional person, even if they jointly overestimate (or underestimate) the number of points. In other studies, the author tried to dispel such a thought pattern: for example, he reminded volunteers that it could be faulty and point to a false likeness.
Therefore, the formation of such a sense of community may play an important role in falling in love, according to the scientist. At the same time, the author believes that an attempt to judge a person by the only opinion expressed can be misleading.
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