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Interested in how differences in the color of dogs' irises affect human responses to dogs. Akitsugu Konno et al. showed close-up images of dogs' faces to human participants and asked them to rate the dogs' traits and their own attitudes toward the dogs. Konno et al. suggest that differences in iris color led participants to view some dogs as more vulnerable and in need of protection than others and that this phenomenon could help explain the association the researchers observed between iris color and participants' inclinations to interact with or keep dogs, as illustrated by the finding that
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?
the more mature a dog was perceived to be, the more likely participants were to rate it as having light irises.
A
participants favored the dogs in images 2 and 11, which they rated as less mature than the dogs in images 20 and 16.
B
participants rated the dog in image 2 as less mature than the dog in image 11 and rated the dog in image 16 as less mature than the dog in image 20.
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dogs that participants rated as friendlier were also dogs that participants indicated a stronger willingness to interact with or keep.
D