You Attend a Party Even Though You Dislike Meeting New

question 186

Multiple Choice

You attend a party even though you dislike meeting new people and tend to be very shy. Once there, you approach a young woman who is standing alone in the corner trying not to make eye contact with anyone. You begin talking to her about how you dislike the discomfort of meeting new people and that parties drain your energy. She totally agrees with everything you say, confirming that you both see eye-to-eye on a lot. You find, at the end of the evening that you like this young woman. According to social psychologists, why is this so?

• A) You both are alone and that is attractive.
• B) We tend to like people who share our own attitudes.
• C) We tend to like people who can play the devil's advocate to our ideas and attitudes.
• D) We tend to like people that we have never seen before, so we have no preconceived notions about them.

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