James Is a Caucasian Male Who Is Involved in a Study

question 73

Multiple Choice

James is a Caucasian male who is involved in a study that is testing racial attitudes.He has been overtly asked what his attitudes about Aboriginal populations are,and then given a reaction time test where he has to select positive words that correspond to Aboriginal or Caucasian faces.This latter test is an example of what method of assessing racial attitudes?

• A)bona fide pipeline
• B)bogus pipeline
• C)implicit association test
• D)reactive attitude test

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Definitions:

Tuskegee Syphilis

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