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12. Exhibit that you can protect their secrets as well. According to two studies conducted by scientists at the University of Florida, Arizona State University, and Singapore Management University, people place a high value on relationships that are both trustworthy and trustworthy. These two characteristics turned out to be very significant when participants were visualising their ideal friend and coworker. "Trustworthiness is comprised of several components, including honesty, dependability, and loyalty, and while each is important to successful relationships, honesty and dependability have been identified as the most vital in the context of friendships," writes Suzanne Degges-White of Northern Illinois University on PsychologyToday.com. 13. Demonstrate a sense of humour. A sense of humour was crucial, according to research from Illinois State University and California State University at Los Angeles, whether respondents were envisioning their perfect buddy or romantic relationship. Another study from Illinois State University and DePaul University indicated that employing humour when getting to know someone can increase their like of you. In fact, the research found that taking part in a comical activity—for instance, having someone wear a blindfold while the other teaches them a dance—can boost romantic attraction. 14. Allow them to introduce themselves. Recently, Harvard researchers found that, similar to food, money, and sex, talking about yourself may be intrinsically satisfying. In one study, participants were asked to answer to questions regarding either their own or another person's opinions while seated in an fMRI machine. A friend or family member waiting outside the fMRI machine had been requested to attend the study with the participant. Participants were sometimes informed that their answers would be shared with the friend or relative, while other times they would be kept secret. The findings indicated that individuals' motivation and reward-related brain regions were most active while sharing knowledge with others, but they were also engaged when talking to oneself in private. In other words, if you let someone talk about their life instead of droning on about yours, they might remember you more favourably. 15. Show some vulnerability Jim Taylor of the University of San Francisco claims in an article on PsychologyToday.com that emotional openness, or lack thereof, can explain whether two people click or not. But Taylor acknowledges: Making yourself vulnerable and not knowing whether this emotional exposure would be welcomed and reciprocated or rejected and diverted are risks associated with emotional openness, of course. The same Illinois State University and California State University in Los Angeles study mentioned above revealed that expressiveness and openness are crucial and desirable qualities in ideal companions, so it might be worth the risk. It makes no difference if that partner is a friend or a romantic partner. 16. Pretend to like them Reciprocity of like is a psychological phenomena that describes the tendency to like someone when we believe they like us. For instance, participants were informed in a 2016 study published in Human Relations that particular participants in a group discussion would probably appreciate them. The experimenter randomly assigned these individuals to these groups. Those that claimed to like them were the persons who the participants said they liked the most after the debate. More recently, scientists from the Universities of Waterloo and Manitoba discovered that when we expect people to accept us, we act friendlier toward them, increasing the likelihood that they will in fact like us. Therefore, even if you're unsure of how someone feels about you, act as though you do, and they'll probably act the same way.