A psychologist is interested in the effect of physical attractiveness on ratings of punishment assigned to a driver in an automobile accident.Participants read an account of the accident and received a written description of a physically attractive or unattractive defendant.The manipulation of attractiveness would be an example of a _____ manipulation.
A) staged
B) straightforward
C) conjunctive
D) dependent

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The manipulation of physical attractiveness is a straightforward manipulation because it directly manipulates and varies the independent variable (attractiveness) to observe its impact on the dependent variable (ratings of punishment). A staged manipulation would involve creating a more complex scenario or environment for participants to observe, a conjunctive manipulation would involve manipulating multiple variables in combination, and a dependent manipulation would involve manipulating the dependent variable itself, which is not relevant in this scenario.

A Psychologist Is Interested in the Effect of Physical Attractiveness