Recall That Devine and Her Colleagues Studied Whether High- and Low-Prejudiced

question 31

Multiple Choice

Recall that Devine and her colleagues studied whether high- and low-prejudiced people would differ with respect to their automatic and/or controlled processing of stereotypic information.The first part of their study entailed presenting participants with neutral words (number, animal) or words stereotypically associated with blacks (welfare, jazz) .All of this information was presented subliminally.Then, participants were asked to read a story about a person who acted in an ambiguously hostile manner.All participants then rated the hostility of this person.Finally, participants were asked to list characteristics of black Americans.Results showed that

• A) both high- and low-prejudiced participants who had been exposed to black stereotype words rated the person in the story as more hostile and more negative overall than participants who had been exposed to the neutral words.
• B) high- and low-prejudiced participants who had been exposed to black stereotype words listed about the same number of negative characteristics stereotypically associated with blacks.
• C) high-prejudiced participants who had been exposed to black stereotype words listed more negative characteristics stereotypically associated with blacks than did low-prejudiced participants.
• D) Both a and c are correct.

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