The Relationship Closeness Induction Task.

Participants arrive at the laboratory in dyads. The experimenter needs to verify that the dyad members are unacquainted. The experimenter places each dyad in a room and seats the two participants across from each other. The experimenter informs members of each dyad that they will not interact or even see each other at the conclusion of the experiment. Participants are told that they will engage in a communication task, and they receive the following instructions: