A Psychologist Notes That We Are Especially Attracted to People

question 72

Multiple Choice

A psychologist notes that we are especially attracted to people whose traits are different from our own.This statement would seem unsurprising to students because

• A) most students have been attracted to people different from themselves.
• B) this finding is consistent with common sense.
• C) students are eager to interact with those who are different from themselves.
• D) students,like everyone else,have a tendency to exaggerate their ability to have foreseen the outcome of past discoveries.

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