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Why did Jennifer and Ronald end up becoming friends? What specific choices made by each person led to their friendship? Provide at least three examples for each person and support the examples with explanations from social psychology research. Consider the following: impact of empathy, gain-loss theory of attraction, self-justification, central vs. peripheral persuasion.

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This solution of 369 words discusses the development of relationship between Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton through social psychology analysis. References used are included.

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Ronald Cotton and Jennifer Thompson became friends after Cotton had been mistakenly accused of raping Thompson. Thompson had picked Cotton out of a picture lineup as well as a physical lineup; indentifying him as the man who raped her. Years later Cotton was found wrongly convicted based on DNA testing. Thompson held a lot of guilt because she had wrongly accused this man who was completely innocent. In order for Thompson to come to terms with this awful event she became friends with Cotton. Thompson was so full of emotion from what she ...

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