The Idea That Relationships Progress from Superficial Exchanges to Relatively

question 5

Multiple Choice

The idea that relationships progress from superficial exchanges to relatively deeper ones is known as

• A)social penetration theory.
• B)social exchange theory.
• C)the mere exposure effect.
• D)the matching hypothesis.

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