Until Relatively Recently, Social Psychologists Have Limited Their Study of Interpersonal

question 126

Multiple Choice

Until relatively recently, social psychologists have limited their study of interpersonal attraction to initial encounters or first impressions. Why?

• A) Long-term relationships are more difficult to study scientifically.
• B) Initial impressions determine what will happen over time.
• C) It is an unethical violation of privacy to study long-term relationships.
• D) First impressions are the most important in determining relationship satisfaction.

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The fallacy of inferring that a part has a property merely because the whole has that property.

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