The General Hypothesis of the Word Et Al

question 3

Multiple Choice

The general hypothesis of the Word et al. study on interaction between whites and blacks is that:

• A) black job applicants will respond to what they perceive as whites' negative attitudes toward them with increased friendliness, in an attempt to change the whites' negative evaluations of them.
• B) whites and blacks will engage in a sequence of nonverbal, reciprocal interactions that result in a self-fulfilling prophecy.
• C) black job applicants will receive the same amount of "immediate" nonverbal communications from a white interviewer as will white job applicants.
• D) all recipients of more "immediate" non-verbal communications-regardless of race-will be judged more harshly than recipients of less "immediate" non-verbal communications.

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