Do you think you choose your friends?

Do you think you choose your friends?

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Baltasar Gracian said that "each one shows what it is in the friends he has" and although the widespread image that friendships are different from the family in which they are chosen is still in force, the truth is that these membership groups can reach have a strong relationship with self-image, and one's perception of oneself.

This has been witnessed by the University of Pennsylvania through its study of the cognitive processes involved in friendship, by which it has been concluded that "what they value in me is what I value in them", or what it is the same, that depending on how it looks through the look of a friend that matches the desired image of their own, those friends are had or such friendships are discarded.

An interesting summary of why in the social groups, in addition, there are predetermined although dynamic roles, which usually generate crises among its members at the moment when the organization fails.

I like your genes, do you want to be my friend?

According to research from the University of California (published in FNAS), there could be a genetic factor that determines the interaction between people with pairs of genes similar to ours. If this study carried out by James Fowler and his team were true, the specific genetic markers of the people we interact with should have a minimum concordance of two out of six of these markers.

Another of the determination that seemed to be taken from these studies is that those who are outgoing tend to join with others who complement each other since they are rather shy. Also, in the case of addictive attitudes, the same thing happens. They discovered that those people who carried the DRD2 marker (usually associated with the tendency to alcoholism) tended to make good friendships with others positive in DRD2.

"Love me for who I want to be"

On a psychological level, current trends tend to unite similar pairs. Just as in the past we talked about relationships formed by complementary people, nowadays those who are looking for a partner or want to be in a group of friends are looking for similarities.

Although, of course, this similarity is strongly determined by the individual's self-concept. So, can you apply the concept of “tell me who you are with and I will tell you who you are?” Or is it as you get to know yourself when there are those people who really are related to the true personality?