Dr Fletcher Is Interested in Whether Joining a Fraternity/sorority Causes

question 34

Multiple Choice

Dr. Fletcher is interested in whether joining a fraternity/sorority causes people to become more concerned about their attractiveness and appearance. He recruits a group of 55 freshmen (25 males, 30 females) who are planning to go through fraternity/sorority recruitment on his campus. After they join, he gives them a measure of attractiveness concern/appearance concern (the Body Concern Scale) .
Suppose Dr. Fletcher was concerned that students who choose to join fraternities/sororities are more concerned with their appearance overall. How could he test whether this type of selection threat exists?

• A)Collect appearance concerns at more time points throughout the year from his subjects.
• B)Compare baseline levels of appearance concerns in fraternity/sorority students versus the average college student.
• C)Check that none of his participants had exceptionally high levels of appearance concerns at the beginning of his study.
• D)Examine whether any events occurred on campus that year that may influence appearance concerns for all students.

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