Author Question: Rosenbaum (1986) argues that social psychologists overestimate the role of attitudinal similarity in ... (Read 23 times)

ec501234 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Rosenbaum (1986) argues that social psychologists overestimate the role of attitudinal similarity in attraction, and suggests that it is not that similarity creates attraction but that

a. dissimilarity produces interpersonal repulsion.
b. opposites attract.
c. similarity in physical appearance is the only form of similarity that affects attraction.
d. the evidence for the role of complementarily processes is much stronger.

Question 2

The purpose of using control groups is to

a. address ethical concerns about experiments.
b. determine if there are any interactions among the independent variables.
c. ensure a high level of experimental realism.
d. provide a baseline against which to compare the effects of the independent variables.