As a Researcher You Approach Couples at an Amusement Park

question 303

Multiple Choice

As a researcher you approach couples at an amusement park and ask them how much they are in love. Some couples you ask before they get on the roller coaster, and other couples you ask as they get off. You find that people report they are more in love after they get off the roller coaster. How can you explain this?

• A) social exchange
• B) primacy effect
• C) fundamental attribution error
• D) the matching effect
• E) transfer of excitation

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