Which of the following is true of how people evaluate their similarity to others?

A) Most people can tell, with a high degree of accuracy, how similar they are to a potential romantic partner within the first couple of minutes of meeting the other person.
B) Even after years of marriage, people tend to think they have less in common with each other than they really do.
C) The more two people overestimate their similarity, the less likely it is that they will form a long-term relationship.
D) People's perceptions of how much they have in common affect their attraction to each other more than their actual similarity does.


D) People's perceptions of how much they have in common affect their attraction to each other more than their actual similarity does.

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