Question

Jeremy feels that Gloria is far too good looking for him, but he's comfortable dating Jody, since he sees her as about as physically attractive as he is. A psychologist would say Jeremy is illustrating the _______ hypothesis. 

A. matching   B. looking glass   C. similarity   D. reciprocity

Answer 1

A psychologist would say Jeremy is illustrating the SIMILARITY hypothesis.
Similarity hypothesis says that people tend to be attracted to others who have attitude and values that are similar to theirs in important aspects. Another name given to this hypothesis is similarity attraction hypothesis.