When Rhonda Met Dave, She Instantly Thought That He Was

When Rhonda met Dave, she instantly thought that he was extremely attractive physically, as do most people. When she was later asked to describe him, she used the terms "intelligent" and "charming," despite the fact that their meeting only involved exchanging the words, "Hello". What best accounts for this phenomenon?

A) Rhonda automatically assumed the presence of other positive traits based solely on his physical attractiveness.
B) Rhonda was aware of empirical research demonstrating that attractive people are also smart and charming..
C) Rhonda desperately wanted to believe that someone so attractive would also be smart and charming, so she made up these additional positive traits.
D) Rhonda is deficient in her ability to distinguish physical attractiveness from intelligence.

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