What effect did exposing participants to attractive and unattractive faces have on their ability to categorize positive words as ‘positive'?

a. They took longer to categorize the positive words as ‘positive' when exposed to attractive faces compared with unattractive faces.
b. They took about the same amount of time to categorize the positive words as ‘positive' when exposed to attractive and unattractive faces.
c. Exposing participants to attractive and unattractive faces had no effect on their ability to categorize positive words as ‘positive'.
d. They were quicker to categorize the positive words as ‘positive' when exposed to attractive faces compared with unattractive faces.

Answer: D

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