The Study Conducted by Richard LaPiere in 1934 Using a Young

question 117

Multiple Choice

The study conducted by Richard LaPiere in 1934 using a young Chinese couple as participants demonstrated that:

• A) people in the United States were highly prejudiced against Asians at that time.
• B) normative social influence is largely responsible for prejudiced attitudes.
• C) people's attitudes did not correlate well with their actual behaviours.
• D) much prejudicial behaviour appears to be motivated by stereotype threat.

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