Mussweiler Conducted a Study Where Participants Were Instructed to Move

question 7

Multiple Choice

Mussweiler conducted a study where participants were instructed to move and act like how they believed someone who was obese would move,including wearing extra weights,and then give their impression about a target person.This study found that participants whose movements simulated obesity rated a described target person as

• A)having the traits of a stereotyped obese person.
• B)having traits opposite to those of a stereotyped obese person.
• C)no differently than the control group who did not simulate these movements.
• D)more like themselves than having traits of a stereotyped obese person.

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