We are all naturally attracted to people with ideas, beliefs and interests like our own. Similarly, we feel comfortable with people with physical qualities similar as ours. 71. ______
You may have noticed about how people who live or work 72. ______ closely together come to behave in a similar way. Unconsciously we copy these we are close to or love or admire. So a sportsman's 73. ______ individual way of walking with raised shoulders is imitated by an admired 74. _______ fan; a pair of lovers both shake their heads in the same way; an employer finds himself duplicating his boss's habit of wagging (摆动) 75. ______ a pen between his fingers while thinking.
In every case, the influential person may consciously notice the 76. ______ Imitation but he will feel comfortably . And if he does 77. ______ Notice the matching of his gestures or movements, he finds it pleasing he is influencing people; they are drawn to them. 78. ______
Sensitive people have been mirroring their friend and acquaintances 79. ______ all their lives, and winning affection and respect in this way without aware of their methods. Now, for people who want to win 80. ______ agreement or trust, affection or sympathy, some psychologists recommend the deliberate use of physical imitation.