Key Factors in the Development of Long-Term Friendships in Adulthood

question 32

Multiple Choice

Key factors in the development of long-term friendships in adulthood include selecting others for friends who:

• A) share a similar level of attractiveness.
• B) are geographically close.
• C) share similar political values and lifestyle values.
• D) all of the choices

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Definitions:

Normative

Relating to an ideal standard or model, often reflecting what is deemed to be the correct or normal way of doing something.

Informational

Pertaining to the dissemination or exchange of knowledge, data, or facts.

Autokinetic Effect

Illusion, caused by very slight movements of the eye, that a stationary point of light in a dark room is moving

Group Norms

The beliefs or behaviors that a group of people accepts as normal.