In a study by Seligman, Fazio and Zanna, people completed sentences about love which began with ‘... because I’ or ‘... in order to ...’. Subsequently, participants who had filled out the ‘in order to’ sentences scored __________ than the other group.
a. lower on the love scale
b. higher on the love scale
c. lower on both the liking and loving scales
d. higher on both the liking and loving scales
e. higher on the love scale, lower on the liking scale
Ans: a
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