Research on the Effect of Physical Attractiveness on Compliance Has

question 57

Multiple Choice

Research on the effect of physical attractiveness on compliance has shown that

• A) physically attractive individuals are influential in getting compliance only when they are not similar to the target.
• B) physically attractive people are successful in making sales, but not in gaining compliance with requests for prosocial behaviors.
• C) although people are more likely to vote for physically attractive political candidates, those who believe that appearance is not important are not influenced by the physical attractiveness of the candidate.
• D) none of the above

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Definitions:

Directional Test

Another term for a one-tailed test, emphasizing the test's focus on detecting an effect in a specific direction, either positive or negative.

One-Tailed Test

A hypothesis test in which the region of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution, used when the alternative hypothesis specifies the direction of the effect.

Two-Tailed Test

A statistical test used to determine if there is a significant difference in two directions, either greater than or less than a specified range or value.

Sampling Error

The deviation of a sample statistic from its population parameter due to the fact that only a subset of the population is observed.