Botwin and colleagues found that individuals preferred mates with personality traits that:

A. were strongly skewed to the positive pole of each personality trait.
B. were similar to their own personality traits.
C. made up for deficits in their own personality traits.
D. were similar to their opposite sex parent's personality traits.


Answer: B

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