[单项选择]Social psychologists arc used to hearing that their experiments are a waste of time because they just prove the obvious, and tell us what we always knew. But there is a very simple and effective riposte to this accusation. The trouble with folk-wisdom (what we always knew) is that it tends to come in pairs of statements, both of which are obviously’ true, but which—unfortunately—are mutually exclusive. For example, birds of a feather flock together, but what about the attraction of opposites Experiments may not be as much fun as intuitions, but they sometimes tell us which proverbs are actually true, or (moor often) in what circumstances which apply.
There is one other preconception to be removed before tackling the question of whom we like and love, whom we find attractive and make friends with: "Why bother to study an area in which we are all expert practitioners" Well, ff you believe that, have a word with a marriage guidance counselor, a psychiatrist, or someone involved in in
A. every student has five or six friends
B. judges are always influenced by a pretty face
C. ugly people find it harder to make friends than physically attractive individuals
D. we tend to grow fond of people if we dislike them at first sight