Janice just spent half of her first paycheck on the newest perfume guaranteed to attract members of the opposite sex. She read all about the effect of pheromones and how they can make people more sexually attractive. After all, if she needed convincing about the power of odors all she had to do was watch the neighborhood male dogs around her dog, Lady, when Lady went into heat. Janice should:

A. have saved her money, the research is inconclusive regarding the effects of pheromones on human sexual attraction.

B. have saved her money, pheromones are the product of marketers and do not exist naturally in the world.

C. be very careful, she may not have control over the number of men she will attract using the perfume.

D. be optimistic about the outcome as research has supported the instant sexual attraction pheromones produce


A. have saved her money, the research is inconclusive regarding the effects of pheromones on human sexual attraction.

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