Before a Getting-Acquainted Conversation,why Would Mark Snyder and His Colleagues

question 60

Multiple Choice

Before a getting-acquainted conversation,why would Mark Snyder and his colleagues (1977) provide some men with a photograph of an attractive woman and other men with a photograph of an unattractive woman?

• A)They wanted to determine whether attractive women were actually better than unattractive women in a social setting.
• B)They wanted to determine whether verbal information can overcome visual information.
• C)They wanted to activate men's stereotypes about attractive women.
• D)They wanted to provide the men with accurate information about their female partners.
• E)They wanted to motivate the women to overcome powerful stereotypes.

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