Question

When forming friendships, people find several forms of similarity to be attractive. According to research, which of the following is true?Cognitive similarity is not influential at any stage of friendship formation.Similarity in personalities is the strongest predictor of initial attraction.People generally see attitude similarity as a bad thing.Attitude similarity is the strongest predictor of initial attraction.

Answer 1

When forming friendships, people find several forms of similarity to be attractive. According to research similarity in personalities is the strongest predictor of initial attraction. Some researchers have suggested that similarity causes attraction because people are more likely to associate with those who are similar to them in characteristics such as age, race, religion, social class, personality education, intelligence, and attitude.