In one study,McMaster University students were more trusting of the game player whose face had some of their own facial features morphed into it.This best illustrates the impact of
A) the mere exposure effect.
B) mirror-image perceptions.
C) the self-fulfilling prophecy.
D) the bystander effect.

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The mere exposure effect explains how people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them. In this study, students were more trusting of the game player whose face had some of their own facial features morphed into it because those features were familiar to them, illustrating the mere exposure effect.

In One Study,McMaster University Students Were More Trusting of the Game