A researcher is interested in factors that influence perceptions of others.She presents participants with photographs of female super models and asks them to rate the attractiveness of each woman.She then presents participants with photographs of women of average attractiveness and again asks participants to rate the attractiveness of each woman.Surprisingly,she finds that participants rate the women of average attractiveness much lower than she expected.What effect may be responsible for the lower ratings?
A) Reactive
B) Practice
C) Fatigue
D) Contrast

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The effect responsible for the lower ratings is likely the contrast effect, where the perception of one stimulus is affected by the presence or recent experience of another stimulus. In this case, seeing the highly attractive supermodels first may have made the participants more critical of the women of average attractiveness, leading to lower ratings.

A Researcher Is Interested in Factors That Influence Perceptions of Others.She