Harold Sigall and Aronson Conducted an Experiment in Which a Female

question 56

Multiple Choice

Harold Sigall and Aronson conducted an experiment in which a female confederate was made up to appear either physically attractive or unattractive. Posing as a graduate student in clinical psychology, she interviewed college men and evaluated half favorably and half unfavorably. The results showed that:

• A) she was disliked more when she was homely than when she was attractive, regardless of the evaluation she gave.
• B) she was disliked more when her evaluation was negative than when it was positive, regardless of her physical attractiveness.
• C) she was well-liked in every condition except the one in which she was unattractive and also gave a negative evaluation.
• D) when she was attractive, the kind of evaluation she gave had a strong effect on men's liking for her, but when she was unattractive, it had virtually none.

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