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Text 1
Studies contributing to the body of evidence that people generally enjoy socializing with routinely focused on interactions in ongoing relationships (from close friends to classmates), but psychologist Gillian Sandstrom and a colleague have demonstrated the benefit of making connections with strangers. Greater positive affect was reported by participants in their study who smiled at and chatted with a cashier while ordering coffee than by those who were as efficient as possible.

Text 2
Social relations research commonly draws on a model that centers an individual within three concentric circles. The innermost circle holds one’s strongest ties (e.g., a treasured friend), the next holds close but less important ties (e.g., a teammate), and the outermost holds weak ties (those more distant but important enough to be counted as part of one’s social network).

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

A

It underscores that most research on social interactions fails to capture a category of connection that has the capacity to contribute positively to individuals’ sense of well-being.

B

It explains researchers’ observations that individuals typically expect interactions with familiar people to be more positive than their interactions with unfamiliar people would be.

C

It reflects an overemphasis on relationship longevity in researchers’ evaluations of the relative importance of various connections in an individual’s social network.

D

It emphasizes distinctions among types of close connections that aren’t adequately represented in social relations research, since most studies categorize relationships as either close or casual.