Questions come from the Bluebook question bank.
- All values are approximate.
- The following 2 lines are shown:
- admirable-trait candidates
- ignoble-trait candidates
- The admirable-trait candidates line:
- Begins at 1, 67
- Remains level to 2, 67
- Remains level to 3, 67
- Remains level to 4, 67
- Remains level to 5, 67
- Rises gradually to 6, 69
- Remains level to 7, 69
- The ignoble-trait candidates line:
- Begins at 1, 21
- Rises gradually to 2, 31
- Rises gradually to 3, 41
- Rises gradually to 4, 49
- Rises gradually to 5, 60
- Rises gradually to 6, 69
- Rises gradually to 7, 82
Alessandro Nai et al. presented study participants with vignettes about fictive political candidates, portraying them as embodying a personality trait widely considered admirable (e.g., agreeableness) or one considered ignoble (e.g., cynicism). A survey recorded participants’ ratings of the candidates’ likability and showed that across participants, ignoble-trait candidates were less likable than admirable-trait candidates. However, when the researchers factored in the participants’ own personality-trait scores, on a scale of 1 (least ignoble) to 7 (most ignoble), they concluded that this relative ranking of candidates persisted except among the participants with high ignobility scores.
Which choice best describes data from the graph that support the researchers’ conclusion?