Question

When forming friendships, people find several forms of similarity to be attractive. According to research, which of the following is true?

A. Cognitive similarity is not influential at any stage of friendship formation.
B. Similarity in personalities is the strongest predictor of initial attraction.
C. People generally see attitude similarity as a bad thing.
D. Attitude similarity is the strongest predictor of initial attraction.

Answer 1

D. Attitude similarity is the strongest predictor of initial attraction.

Step-by-step explanation:

Friendship is the mutual nearness that brings two persons together. This bond is formed on personal traits and when two persons find similarity in personalities, they come near and become friends. Similarity in personalities is the one feature that let people select friends because a person prefers to have or see the same characteristics in other person, the same liking and disliking and similar habits which help people to be happy as friends. Since a person likes his own habits and behaviors very much he or she searches the same habits and behaviors in others to be close friends. Attraction is due to the similar personalities that bind together.