Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui perbedaan perilaku mimicking terhadap lawan jenis yang menarik secara fisik pada orang yang menjalani hubungan romantis jarak jauh dan jarak dekat. Pada penelitian ini, daya tarik fisik lawan jenis didapatkan melalui pilot study hingga didapatkan satu orang konfederat laki-laki dan perempuan yang menarik. Untuk melihat perilaku mimicking,

This study examined the difference of mimicking behavior to attractive opposite-sex on long distance relationship status and geographically close relationship status. In this study, the attractiveness of opposite-sex was measured by a pilot study to get one attractive male confederate and one attractive female confederate. To examine the mimicking behavior, the researcher used the frequencies of each participants touched his/her face after the confederate rubbed his/her face. The participants of this study were students of Universitas Indonesia, within the age range of 18-21, currently in a romantic relationship, excluded the students from Faculty of Psychology. Total of participants were 59 people. The result of this study shows that there is not significant difference of mimicking behavior on long distance relationship and geographically close relationship. The geographical distance on long-distance relationship status was not significantly proven to influence mimicking behavior to attractive opposite-sex.