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The finding that infants spend more time looking at attractive, as compared to unattractive, faces supports the hypothesis that
 
  a. beauty is objective.
  b. beauty is subjective.
  c. familiarity increases physical attractiveness.
  d. physical attractiveness increases familiarity.

Question 2

Vera thinks that having pets increases psychological functioning and well-being. To test this, individuals in one group of randomly selected nursing home residents are each given a pet while participants in a second group are not given pets. Over two months, the overall level of psychological functioning is evaluated on a daily basis. What is the independent variable in this study?
 
  a. Having pets increases psychological functioning
  b. Whether or not the resident received a pet
  c. The level of psychological functioning demonstrated by the residents
  d. This is a correlational study, so there is no independent variable.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b


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