In a well-known study conducted in the 1950s, social psychologist Leon Festinger and colleagues analysed the friendship patterns among graduate students living in one of the dormitories at a university.Festinger et al.'s results were MOST consistent with the ____.

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Festinger et al.'s study is most consistent with the propinquity effect, which suggests that people are more likely to become friends with those who are nearby or in close proximity to them. Specifically, the study found that the strongest friendships were between those who lived in the same building or on the same floor.

In a Well-Known Study Conducted in the 1950s, Social Psychologist