Dillon's assessment of Priya, his new girlfriend, portrays her as someone who is empathetic, trustworthy, and extremely patient. From a psychologist's perspective, all except one of the following may apply to Dillon's rating: a. it can be attributed to the honeymoon effect. b. it may be more favorable than Priya's self-rating. c. it can be attributed to the reference group effect. d. it registers a high score on the Big Five scale

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Dillon's assessment of Priya, his new girlfriend, portrays her as someone who is empathetic, trustworthy, and extremely patient. From a psychologist's perspective, all except one of the following may apply to Dillon's rating:

a. it can be attributed to the honeymoon effect.

b. it may be more favorable than Priya's self-rating.

c. it can be attributed to the reference group effect.

d. it registers a high score on the Big Five scale.

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According to Dillon's assessment of Priya his new girlfriend , he stated that she posses the traits/qualities/ behavioral characteristics of being empathetic , trustworthy and extremely patient. All these are positive traits and hence Dillion assessment about his girlfriend is very positive. 

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