Murray and her colleagues (1993) studied heterosexual dating partners over the course of a year.They found that when couples overlooked each others' faults and exaggerated each others' virtues,the couples were less likely to break up over the course of the year.The take-home message of this study is that
A) positive illusions can lead to reciprocal attraction.
B) self-esteem determines whom we will love.
C) similarity is more important than complementarity.
D) accurate partner personality assessment is the key to a long term relationship.
E) the self-fulfilling prophecy only works early in relationships.
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