The ________ Refers to the Fact That Most of Us

question 19

Multiple Choice

The ________ refers to the fact that most of us want a "socially desirable person regardless of his or her own level of social desirability" (Sprecher, 1998) . To put it another way, people who possess socially desirable characteristics (such as, beauty, wealth, status, and education) tend to partner with people who also possess these same desirable characteristics; their resources are equally matched.

• A) social exchange theory
• B) social filter hypothesis
• C) matching hypothesis
• D) social parity hypothesis

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