Four equally attractive women silently attended a 200-student class for zero,5,10,or 15 class sessions.When shown slides of each woman,it can be expected that students in the class rated the women who had attended ________ class sessions as the most attractive.

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This is an example of the mere-exposure effect, which suggests that people tend to prefer things that are familiar to them. In this case, the women who attended the most class sessions (15) would have been seen more frequently by the students and therefore would be the most familiar to them. Therefore, it can be expected that the students would rate the woman who attended 15 class sessions as the most attractive.

Four Equally Attractive Women Silently Attended a 200-Student Class for Zero,5,10,or