While Sitting in a Restaurant with a Friend, John Looks

question 54

Multiple Choice

While sitting in a restaurant with a friend, John looks across the street and sees a black man shoving a white man.Research suggests that if John is white, he is likely to

• A) assume that the white person made a racist remark.
• B) look away and continue his conversation.
• C) recall the black man's face accurately.
• D) assume that the black man was behaving aggressively.

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