When Researchers Suggest That People Tend to Prefer an "Average

question 76

Multiple Choice

When researchers suggest that people tend to prefer an "average" face as being most physically attractive,they mean that

• A)people prefer faces of an regular-looking person.
• B)people prefer faces based on mathematically averaged composites.
• C)people prefer the most common face in a culture.
• D)people prefer someone who is a "5" on attractiveness on a 1 to 10 scale.

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