Attractive Females Are Expected to Be Warm and Friendly, and Those

question 88

Multiple Choice

Attractive females are expected to be warm and friendly, and those females who are considered to be attractive are treated in such a manner that they indeed respond in warm and friendly ways. According to Snyder, Tanke, and Berscheid (1977) , this effect is a type of

• A) self-fulfilling prophecy.
• B) accuracy moderator.
• C) sex discrimination.
• D) judgeability phenomena.

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Definitions:

Experimental Research

A research method involving the manipulation of variables to test hypotheses and determine cause-and-effect relationships.

Selection Bias

A distortion of statistical analysis results due to the method of collecting samples, which might not be representative of the entire population.

Comparable

Similar or equivalent in some respects, though not identical, typically used for assessment or comparison.