1. Across all of the studies, it seems as though experimenters are measuring initial attraction. Do you think attraction may change over time, as in a long-term marriage? Do these studies give any insights as to how attraction could change over time? Are there any contradictions based upon these findings?

2. Define obsessive preoccupation. What are the components that make up this construct and how do they work? Can obsessive preoccupation exist without secrecy? What other processes could combine to form obsessive preoccupation?

3. Both the reactance and the dissonance theory seem like compelling possibilities as to why all threatened alternatives increased in perceived attractiveness as closing time approached. Is there one theory you find more convincing? How can we redesign the Pennebaker et al. study to determine which theory is more effective?

4. The findings of Jones et. al: that people like things in part because they are associated with their names or birthdays, could have far reaching implications. If findings show that people were more attractive based on arbitrary perceptions of similarity, how could these affect small day-to-day decisions? How could we estimate the influence of implicit egotism in attraction?

5. How do explain the idea (and Paula Abdul song) that opposites attract? Do you think that similarities can consistently be associated with attraction? What factors could mediate this relationship (e.g. too many similarities, types, time)?