One of the First Studies to Document the Impact of Physical

question 19

Multiple Choice

One of the first studies to document the impact of physical attractiveness on romantic attraction was the "computer dance" study conducted by Hatfield and colleagues (1966) . What did the researchers find?

• A) A matching effect such that people preferred partners at their own level of attractiveness
• B) A mismatching effect such that highly attractive people preferred much less attractive partners
• C) Men preferred highly attractive partners, whereas women preferred moderately attractive partners.
• D) Both men and women preferred highly attractive partners.

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