Text The Trait That "Super Friends" Have in Common

In the article "The Trait That 'Super Friends' Have in Common" (The Atlantic, 8/25/22), author and psychologist Marisa G. Franco describes how an individual's attachment style may impact how they approach friendship.

This article appeared in The Atlantic in 2022. The Atlantic is a well-respected magazine for general audiences that publishes research-based articles on current events and topics of general interest. While The Atlantic is not an academic journal, Atlantic articles (like those in the New Yorker or Harper's, for example) can be used as outside sources for research essays if your instructor gives the okay.

I have blocked out ads in the PDF, so you'll notice some blank spaces throughout. Hopefully, that makes it a little easier to read.

Your homework for this module will include submitting one page of annotations from this article. You may want to skip ahead now and complete the GLA on Annotation before you read. Or you can read the article now and come back to annotate:

The Trait That 'Super Friends' Have in Common

Click on the title if you want to read inside Canvas or click on the arrow to the right if you want to download a PDF copy of the article to your computer. I recommend the second since you'll need to annotate at least one page.

Critical reading focus: As you read, find at least two claims and consider whether the evidence is sufficient to make these claims.