During an Experiment on Attraction, Participants Shown Individual Faces and a Composite

question 24

Multiple Choice

During an experiment on attraction, participants shown individual faces and a composite of all the faces rate the composite most attractive. This experiment may be invoking which of the following

• A) similarity-attraction hypothesis
• B) misattribution of arousal
• C) mere exposure
• D) assortative mating

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Definitions:

Distributional Assumptions

The set of assumptions regarding the underlying distribution of the data, which are critical in choosing the appropriate statistical test and interpreting its results accurately.

Rank Assigned

A method of assigning ordinal positions to items that are being compared, such as in the sorting of data.

Nonparametric Tests

Statistical tests that do not assume a specific distribution in the data.

Nominal Data

Data categorized without a natural order or rank, such as names, labels, or categories.