According to the mere exposure effect, humans tend to: select one: a. prefer familiar objects to unfamiliar ones. b. expose themselves to others' opinions. c. prefer unfamiliar objects to familiar ones. d. prefer not to expose their emotions. e. expose themselves to others' emotions.

a. prefer familiar objects to unfamiliar ones

Explanation:

The mere exposure effect, in psychology, refers to the fact that people tend to develop a preference for certain objects just because they are familiar to them. This effect says that the more we are exposed to a familiar likeable object, we tend to increase our likeness for the object.

Therefore, according to the mere exposure effect, humans tend to a) prefer familiar objects to unfamiliar ones.

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