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Traci is used to people telling her how attractive she is. Research suggests that if she receives positive feedback on a paper she writes for class, she will be most likely to believe that the feedback is genuine and feel good about it if
 
  a. the person who graded the paper has never seen her before.
  b. she has considered herself to be fairly unattractive when she was much younger.
  c. it is given to her in person.
  d. her friends do not get good grades on the same assignment.

Question 2

One reason that social psychologists attempt to replicate the results of their research is that doing so
 
  a. reduces the probability that the results are due to chance.
  b. increases the construct validity of the experiment.
  c. allows them to examine multiple relationships among variables.
  d. increases the likelihood that participants have been treated ethically.



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Answer to Question 1

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