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This essay delves into the reasons for why certain people are attracted to and like each other. These reasons can include religion, shared experiences and same interests/hobbies. The paper also examines some examples of people coming together and for what reasons. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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and desire just to stay near that person throughout an entire party or social event. Or we say goodbye to a dear and old friend who is moving to another
part of the country. Although we have not seen that friend for years, whenever the two get together, its just like old times; the conversation and laughter never seemed to
stop. And yet there are others, who should be friends who, for whatever reasons, are not. In some situations, its because two people look alike, share the same name, or
were born within days of each other. While its hard to identify why, exactly, certain meetings result in relationships while others lose steam within minutes, the basis of a good,
solid relationship typically starts with a bond of some kind, something in common that you share with another person. That bond can be a bond of religious faith, it can
be the bond of experience, or it can be the bond of a shared interest. Interestingly enough, these bonds can be shared across gender, both in terms of friendships and
romantic relationships. Some studies have been done on what attracts people to one another; both in terms of intimacy and in terms
of friendship. One thing that has come out of these studies is that long-lasting friendships are more likely to be gender-based; in other words, men are closer to men and
women to women. Part of the reason for this is because society, in general, assumes that men and women who are drawn together are drawn together because of sexual, rather
than platonic, interest (Chatterjee 60); that is, unless one of the friends is a homosexual. Its a common experience, whenever a man and a woman go out together on a
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