Propinquity | Property proximity Nearness similarity kinship Stimulus exposure opportunity |
P
hysical or psychological proximity is one of the main factors leading to interpersonal attraction. People residing on the same floor of a building are more disposed to form a relationship than those residing on different floors. Propinquity is also one of the factors in felicific calculus - a method of establishing a behavior response by balancing plausible pleasures and pains produced. The propinquity effect in photography is the propensity to capture that which is encountered.
“I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied.” - Julia Margaret Cameron
