Though They Had All Been Together on the Transcontinental Flight

question 109

Multiple Choice

Though they had all been together on the transcontinental flight for three hours, the passengers didn't start to talk to one another until the plane ran into some serious turbulence. This behavior is best explained by the

• A) tendency for external threat to increase affiliation.
• B) matching hypothesis.
• C) proximity effect.
• D) evolutionary perspective on the sociostat.

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