A Researcher Asks Individuals to Rate Their Own Attractiveness

question 30

Multiple Choice

A researcher asks individuals to rate their own attractiveness. She then asks other participants to rate the individuals and compares the ratings. Which of the following would be a finding consistent with past research?

• A)People tend to underestimate their attractiveness as compared to how others rate their attractiveness.
• B)People tend to overestimate their attractiveness as compared to how others judge their attractiveness.
• C)People vary greatly in how accurately they estimate their own attractiveness, but other people show remarkable similarity in how they rate the attractiveness of a subject.
• D)People tend to rate their own attractiveness about the same as others' ratings of their attractiveness.