A researcher uses an eye-tracker while university students watch recordings of job interviews. The results suggest that viewers who spend longer looking at ...
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A researcher uses an eye-tracker while university students watch recordings of job interviews. The results suggest that viewers who spend longer looking at an interviewer's face rate the interviewer as more trustworthy.
(a) Describe the relationship suggested by these results. [2]
(b) Evaluate whether the study shows that looking at a face causes higher trust ratings. [4]
Answer Details
(a) There is a positive correlation [1]; more time looking at the interviewer's face is associated with higher trust ratings [1]. (b) The study identifies an association between two variables [1]; it does not establish cause and effect [1]; a third factor, such as an interviewer's attractiveness or friendly facial expression, could affect both gaze and trust [1]; viewers may look longer because they already judge the person as trustworthy, so direction of effect is unclear [1]; experimental manipulation of eye contact would provide stronger causal evidence [1].
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