Of course you're going to get more involved in people you encounter frequently.

当然你会和你经常碰到的人交往得更频繁
How else is it going to work? But it's actually more than that.

不然还能怎样但问题并没那么简单
The more you see something the more you like it

你越是常见某些东西你就会越喜欢它
and this is sometimes known as "The mere exposure effect."

这就叫纯粹接触效应
The mere exposure effect is simply seeing something

纯粹接触效应就是仅仅因为你经常见到某些东西
makes it likable perhaps because it becomes comfortable and safe.

就让你更喜欢它这可能因为这东西因此变得舒服和安全
In one study by James Cutting,

在詹姆斯·卡汀做的一项研究中
Cutting taught an Introduction to Psychology course

詹姆斯·卡汀教的是心理学导论
and before each lecture he'd flash pictures on the screen.

在每节课之前他会在屏幕上放一些图片
He'd have a screen saver showing pictures

他利用屏保来将这些照片
on the screen, paintings, and didn't say anything about them.

播放在屏幕上但从来没对此说过什么
People would sit down, look at them while they prepared their notes.

同学坐着一边准备笔记一边看这些照片