Concerning the topic of personal relationships,which of the following is true?

A) Maslow (1970) regarded belongingness as one of the two most important needs, even more important than safety needs.
B) The beginning of Chris and Lee's relationship (opening vignette) lay in their perceived similarity.
C) Increased exposure to another person tends to increase preexisting positive feelings but strangely not preexisting negative feelings.
D) One of the reasons familiarity promotes positive feelings is that we tend to view familiar others as similar to us.

The statement that familiar others are viewed as similar to us is true according to research on the mere exposure effect, which suggests that repeated exposure to a stimulus leads to greater liking of that stimulus. This effect applies to both people and objects, and one reason for it is that the more familiar someone becomes, the more we perceive them to be similar to us in attitudes, values, and beliefs. Maslow did regard belongingness as an important need, but not more important than safety needs. The opening vignette does not provide information about perceived similarity being a factor in Chris and Lee's relationship. Increased exposure to another person tends to increase both preexisting positive and negative feelings, not just positive feelings.