Research on Balance Theory Has Presented Participants with Various Balanced

question 28

Multiple Choice

Research on balance theory has presented participants with various balanced and unbalanced threesomes (triads) and measured their memory for the scenarios and their responses to the people.What has this research found?

• A) Participants remember balanced relationships better, but they rate them less favorably than they do unbalanced relationships.
• B) Participants remember balanced relationships better and rate them more favorably than they do unbalanced relationships.
• C) Participants remember unbalanced relationships better and rate them more favorably than they do balanced relationships.
• D) Participants remember unbalanced relationships better but rate them less favorably than they do balanced relationships.

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Definitions:

Squeals of Pleasure

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The process by which individuals influence their emotions, when they have them, and how they experience and express these emotions.

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