Festinger, Schachter, and Back (1950) Traced Friendship Formations Among Couples

question 57

Multiple Choice

Festinger, Schachter, and Back (1950) traced friendship formations among couples in an apartment complex at MIT. They found that residents were most likely to be friends with people __________.

• A) similar to them
• B) of the same gender
• C) who lived closer to them
• D) whom their partners befriended first

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