In a well-known study,social psychologists analyzed the friendship patterns among graduate students living in a dormitory. The researchers found that the strongest predictor of friendship was ____.
A)how extraverted the students were
B)similarity in terms of hobbies and activities
C)similarity in terms of basic demographics (age, gender, being single versus married, etc.)
D)how close the students lived to one another

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The study found that physical proximity, or how close the students lived to one another, was the strongest predictor of friendship formation among the graduate students. This phenomenon is often referred to as the proximity principle in social psychology.

In a Well-Known Study,social Psychologists Analyzed the Friendship Patterns Among