Elliot and Niesta (2008) Tested the Hypothesis That Men Would

Multiple Choice

Elliot and Niesta (2008) tested the hypothesis that men would find a woman more attractive when she was surrounded by a red background than when she was surrounded by other colors. In their first study the researchers compared a woman in front of a red background and a woman in front of a white background. The possibility that in this study the white background was brighter than the red background represents which of the following?

A) A secondary variable.
B) An alternative explanation.
C) A threat to construction validity.
D) A threat to external validity.