Participants Are Faced with the Following Choice: Man (Or Woman)

question 61

Multiple Choice

Participants are faced with the following choice: Man (or Woman) A, who is extraordinarily good-looking and works as a server in a small restaurant with no further ambitions; or Man (or Woman) B, who is average looking, made a fortune selling an invention, and has outstanding prospects as a medical researcher. Who do participants choose?

• A) women are evenly divided between A and B; men overwhelmingly choose A
• B) women overwhelmingly choose B; men have a slight preference for A
• C) women overwhelmingly choose A; men have a slight preference for B
• D) women and men are both evenly divided between A and B

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