Red is a color which has powerful effects on human beings as well as animals A group of psycho...........

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Red is a color which has powerful effects on human beings as well as animals. A group of psychologists carried out an experiment which confirms the subconscious effects of this color on human behavior. They provided selected sports teams at school and college level with either red or blue shorts and recorded the outcome of the games. The teams wearing red won in a disproportionate number of matches. The psychologists suggested that either the teams wearing red subconsciously felt themselves more powerful, or that the non-red teams were subconsciously intimidated by the red color.

Question: Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the psychologists’ suggestion?

Each team wore red in some matches and blue in others.

The color blue has the subconscious effect of making human beings less competitive

The effect was only observed if all the team members wore white shirts.

Red signifies danger in some cultures whereas it signifies happiness in others.

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Explanation:

The correct answer is:Option 1.

Each team wore red in some matches and blue in others.

This would most weaken the psychologists' suggestion because if the same teams won more often while wearing red and lost more often while wearing blue, it would indicate that the color itself, rather than the team's ability or confidence, affected the outcome. This would challenge the idea that red made the team feel more powerful or intimidated their opponents, suggesting other factors could be at play.