In a Classic Study by Allport and Postman (1947),participants Were

question 30

Multiple Choice

In a classic study by Allport and Postman (1947) ,participants were shown an image of a white man on a street car,waving a razor at a black man.Then the scene was described by one participant to another and so on until it had been described six times.What were the findings of the study?

• A)In over half the trials,by the last telling of the story,the participant was claiming a black man held a razor.
• B)In over half the trials,by the last telling of the story,the participant was not relaying any information about a razor.
• C)In the majority of trials,people were able to recount the story essentially accurately.
• D)In the majority of trials,people had gotten confused about the setting in which the story was taking place.

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