Walter et al. (1966) randomly matched students for a dance. At the end of the evening, students indicated how satisfied they were with their dates. The strongest predictor of satisfaction was

a. physical attractiveness.
b. attitudinal similarity.
c. proximity of dorm rooms.
d. complementary personalities.


a

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