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Text 1
Studies adding to the evidence that people generally enjoy socializing have often focused on interactions within ongoing relationships (from siblings to coworkers), but psychologist Lina Mercado and colleagues have shown the value of making connections with strangers. Participants in their study who warmly greeted a campus bus driver reported greater positive affect than those who didn’t speak to the driver.

Text 2
Research on social ties often relies on a model that places an individual within three concentric circles. The innermost circle contains one’s strongest ties (e.g., a beloved friend), the next contains close but less central ties (e.g., a classmate on a club team), and the outermost contains weak ties (those more distant but still important enough to count as part of one’s social network).

Based on the texts, what would Mercado and colleagues (Text 1) most likely say about the discussion of the model in Text 2?

A

It reflects an overemphasis on relationship duration in researchers’ assessments of the relative importance of different connections in a person’s social network.

B

It highlights that most social interaction overlooks a kind of connection that can positively affect individuals’ well-being.

C

It emphasizes distinctions among types of close relationships that aren’t adequately reflected in social-ties research, since most studies classify relationships as either close or casual.

D

It accounts for researchers’ observations that people usually expect interactions with familiar individuals to be more positive than interactions with unfamiliar individuals.