moreland and beach Flashcards
(5 cards)
aim
investigating mere exposure effect on ratings of familiarity and attractuveness
familiarity // mere exposure effect
familiarity uses the premise of mere exposure effect
a psychologixal phenomenon by whixh people developna preferenve dor what is a well known and encouraged
participabts
130 from a university in the US
- naive (unaware of their involvment in the stidy)
- opportunity sample
procedure
real life field experiment using a longitudinal desihn
- 4 female confederates od a college who were equally attractive and simmilar
- the 4 female confederatws attended dlasses wigh the participanys but DINT inyeract
attended classes wither
0
5
10
15
times
bumber of classes attended js yhe IV
after that ghe participants were asked to look at phoros pr yhe congederates ans asked to rate in terms of attractiveness and familiarity
results
they found the frequent (15) lady hottest supporting mere exposire efgect and familiarity