Harold Sigall and Elliot Aronson Conducted an Experiment in Which

question 16

Multiple Choice

Harold Sigall and Elliot 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 her, but when she was unattractive, it had virtually none