In a study of social expectancies, Snyder, Tanke, and Berscheid (1977) found that if male participants were shown a photograph of an attractive woman and told they would be interacting with her by telephone, the female participant they actually spoke with
A) rated herself as more attractive than the woman in the photograph.
B) rated herself as less attractive than the woman in the photograph.
C) was rated by other people as behaving in a warm, humorous, and friendly manner.
D) was rated by other people as behaving in a cold, aloof, and unfriendly manner.

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The study found that the expectation of interacting with an attractive woman led the male participants to treat the female participant in a manner that elicited warmer, more humorous, and friendlier behavior from her, which was then observed and rated by others.

In a Study of Social Expectancies, Snyder, Tanke, and Berscheid