Tamia is preparing to help her research adviser with a study on what attracts people to potential mates. There are two sets of questionnaires that the research team will be using in their study. One set is used to rate the attractiveness of females;
the other set is used to rate the attractiveness of males. Upon scheduling the research subjects to come in for the study, she prepares a packet in advance and automatically places the "female attractiveness" questionnaire in the male subjects packets and the "male attractiveness" questionnaires in the female subjects packets. Which term best describes a critical assumption that Tamia has made in preparing for the research study?
a. heterocentrism c. ethnocentrism
b. androcentrism d. monocentrism
ANS: A
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