What Is the "Face Positivity" Effect in Older Participants

question 36

Multiple Choice

What is the "face positivity" effect in older participants?

• A)They are better able to recognize faces that are not distorted.
• B)They are better able to recognize faces that are of the same race.
• C)They are better able to recognize faces that show a happy emotion.
• D)They are better able to recognize faces that are the same age as us.

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Definitions:

Placebo

An inactive substance or treatment used as a control in experiments to test the effectiveness of therapeutic drugs.

Control Condition

In experimental research, a standard against which the effects of a treatment are compared, often involving no treatment or a placebo.

Fake Pill

Also known as a placebo, it is a pill without active medical ingredients, used in research to test the effectiveness of treatments.

Statistically Significant

A mathematical measure that indicates that the likelihood of a certain finding or result occurring by chance is highly unlikely.