When research participants rate very attractive people on their attractiveness,and then rate strangers on their attractiveness,the strangers are generally rated as less attractive than if those same strangers were rated alone or first.This is known as .

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The contrast effect is a phenomenon in which the perception of a stimulus is influenced by the perception of a preceding stimulus. In the given question, the participants first rated very attractive people on their attractiveness, which created a high standard of attractiveness. When they then rated strangers on their attractiveness, the strangers were generally rated as less attractive than if those same strangers were rated alone or first. This is because the participants' perception of the strangers' attractiveness was influenced by the contrast with the very attractive people they had rated previously.

When Research Participants Rate Very Attractive People on Their Attractiveness,and