Click here for more articles by Kormedi.com. If you watch dating reality shows closely, you’ll notice several recurring devices that seem designed to accelerate intimacy. Interestingly, these familiar “dating-show formulas” overlap with psychological effects known to increase attraction and feelings of closeness. Time seems to move unusually fast on dating shows. After just a few dates, conversations about marriage can emerge. In real life, that might be around the time two people are exchanging phone numbers and waiting to see when they’ll meet again. So why do contestants seem to fall in love so easily? It may not be entirely by chance. Behind the scenes are carefully designed “love-inducing” mechanisms. Putting feelings into words Dating-show producers don’t simply leave contestants alone with their emotions. They repeatedly ask questions such as, “Who are you drawn to?,” “Why do you think you’re interested in that person?” and “Were you jealous?.” Eventually, contestants have to put into words emotions that had previously been floating around in their heads.