Author Question: Researchers have digitally combined multiple faces to create a composite image. This averaged face ... (Read 91 times)

aabwk4 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Researchers have digitally combined multiple faces to create a composite image. This averaged face is typically rated as ________.

A) average in terms of attractiveness
B) less attractive than the faces used to create it
C) unrecognizable
D) either more or less attractive, depending on the faces used to create it
E) more attractive than the faces used to create it

Question 2

Why would participants in Langlois' experiments rate the average of multiple faces as more attractive than the faces from which they were created?

A) The average face elicits a self-comparison from the participant.
B) The average face is perceived as closer to our schemas of women and men.
C) The average face avoids the stereotypes of any extreme face.
D) The average face is perceived as a whole, whereas the extreme face is perceived in parts.
E) The average face is more likely to have mature features.