In a Recent Study of Implicit Attitudes by Rudman and Her

question 5

Multiple Choice

In a recent study of implicit attitudes by Rudman and her colleagues (2007) , people who were close to their mothers and whose mothers were __________ tended to have more positive implicit attitudes about overweight people.

• A) not prejudiced
• B) especially critical of their appearance
• C) overweight
• D) self-confident

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