32 men and 32 women took an intelligence test, listened to an audio recording of two individuals taking the test (one of whom performed at a brilliant level and one of whom performed at an average level), and then rated their liking for the two. When these college students were told that the test was predictive of success in interpersonal relations, subjects thought they might like a high performing female over an average performing female.
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