Which of the following is the best example of the mere exposure effect?
A) Eduardo starts to think that a new band is cool simply because other people around him think it is cool.
B) Keisha starts to like a girl at school simply because she has seen her, semester after semester, in so many of her classes.
C) Michael loves hip hop music. As a result, he tends to overestimate how much other people like to hip hop.
D) Frances works in a hospital, and encounters doctors and nurses all day long. As a result, she tends to overestimate how many people work in the medical industry; to her, it seems as if almost everyone does!

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The mere exposure effect refers to the tendency for people to develop a preference for things simply because they have been exposed to them repeatedly. In this case, Keisha's repeated exposure to the girl in her classes has led to her starting to like her.

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