Carl Word and His Colleagues Found That White University Students

question 189

Multiple Choice

Carl Word and his colleagues found that White university students who were assumed to already hold prejudiced attitudes sat further away,conducted briefer interviews,and made more speech errors when interviewing black students.Which of the following constructs most readily explains the results from this study?

• A) social facilitation
• B) group polarization
• C) stereotype threat
• D) self-fulfilling prophecies

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