What is the population of Bosnia?
” and asked for the information in the form of a straight question or alongside a reference point asking, for instance “Is the population of Bosnia larger or smaller than 10,000,000?” She found that reference points led to more accurate guesses than questions without anchors. Medford’s topic was “An experiment to investigate the halo effect of beauty upon an individual’s perception of trustworthiness.” He first defined physical attractiveness by having one group of participants rate photos from a high school yearbook from another school. Then he displayed lists of adjectives about a person, with or without a photo. He found a positive correlation between how the female subjects viewed the attractiveness of a male and their judgment of that male’s trustworthiness, and statistically insignificant results for the male subjects. The MCPA gives out the annual award to promote interest and study in the behavioral sciences among high school students. Those taking classes related to the behavi
