Your Text Describes a Study in Which Participants Viewed Photos

question 34

Multiple Choice

Your text describes a study in which participants viewed photos of fat and thin women and decided whether or not letter strings on a computer screen spelled real words. Which of the following is the study's main result?

• A) Participants responded equally rapidly to positive and negative words after viewing photos of fat women.
• B) Participants were faster to respond to positive than to negative words after viewing photos of fat women.
• C) Participants were slower to respond to positive than to negative words after viewing photos of fat women.
• D) Participants responded more rapidly to positive words after viewing photos of thin women than after viewing photos of fat women.

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