In One Experiment, White Respondents Typically Took Longer to Identify

question 70

Multiple Choice

In one experiment, White respondents typically took longer to identify words such as peace and paradise as "good" when the words were associated with Black-sounding names rather than White-sounding names. This best illustrated

• A) the mere exposure effect.
• B) the other-race effect.
• C) mirror-image perceptions.
• D) implicit prejudice.

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