“…If two persons both have a mental model of themselves and the other that show that they are alike, then that will clearly affect their bonding, even if these mental models are not correct and, for example, based on fake information. This subjective mental model based perspective on bonding by homophily is addressed in Treur (2021b); see also Treur and Van Ments (2022, Chap. 13), (this volume), which also includes an example scenario where one of the persons on purpose fakes incorrect personal characteristics or properties in order to make bonding happen.…”