Festinger and Colleagues Studied Friendship Patterns in People Living in Apartment

question 99

Multiple Choice

Festinger and colleagues studied friendship patterns in people living in apartment buildings and housing projects.They found that people who lived on the first floor of the apartment complex and by the stairwells made more friends on the second floor,and that people who lived in houses facing a common courtyard made more friends than residents whose homes faced the street.This illustrates the importance of:

• A)similarity.
• B)proximity.
• C)the reward model of liking.
• D)the gain-loss theory.

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Definitions:

Psychoanalytic Theory

A theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development that guides psychoanalysis, developed by Sigmund Freud.

Primarily Unconscious

Referring to the aspect of the mind that operates outside of conscious awareness, influencing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Emotion

A complex psychological state involving an individual's state of mind, physiological changes, and an outward expression or behavior.

Biological Environment

The natural living conditions and ecological factors that affect an organism's life, including other living things (biotic factors) and non-living things (abiotic factors).