In One Study, College Students at the Start of an Academic

question 79

Multiple Choice

In one study, college students at the start of an academic year each named two other students they thought they might become friends with. Three months later, the investigator found that each student was most likely to become friends with one of the named people if

• A) the two of them faced the same commons dilemma.
• B) the strengths of one matched the weaknesses of the other.
• C) the two of them lived close together in the dormitories.
• D) one of them had an internal locus of control and the other had an external locus of control.

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