Ronald has a difficult time meeting and talking with members of the opposite sex. But when he met Latoya at a fraternity party, he talked for hours after discovering that she graduated from his old high school and was a member of the same church that he attended. They are in the ____ stage of the wheel theory.

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The wheel theory consists of five stages - contact, involvement, intimacy, deterioration, and repair. In the involvement stage, individuals try to increase their knowledge about each other and develop a rapport. This involves finding common interests and discovering similarities, which is exactly what Ronald and Latoya did by discussing their high school and church. Therefore, they are in the rapport stage.

Ronald Has a Difficult Time Meeting and Talking with Members