At a party, Ralph talks about politics, music, and literature with two different people. Ralph has similar views to the first person, James, on all three topics. Ralph has similar views on one out of the three topics with the second person, Matt

Who will Ralph like more, and why? a) Ralph will like Matt more because opposites attract.
b) Ralph will like James more because of their complementarities.
c) Ralph will like Matt more because of the dissimilarity effect.
d) Ralph will like James more because of the proportion of similarity.


d

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