Recall That in Experiments Presented in Your Text (Leippe

question 112

Multiple Choice

Recall that in experiments presented in your text (Leippe & Eisenstadt, 1994; 1998) , white college students agreed to write essays in favor of doubling funds for minority student scholarships, even though that policy would reduce funds available for majority students.What happened? Participants

• A) who were initially prejudiced did not change their attitudes, but non-prejudiced participants did.
• B) convinced themselves that they supported the policy of expanding aid to minority students.
• C) changed their attitudes about the policy, but not about minority students.
• D) who were prejudiced refused to write the essays.

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