Darley and Gross (1983)conducted a Study in Which They Asked

question 98

Multiple Choice

Darley and Gross (1983) conducted a study in which they asked participants to evaluate the intellectual ability of a nine-year-old named "Hannah." Some participants were led to believe that she came from a high socioeconomic (SES) background;others were led to believe she came from a low SES background.Which statement about this study is accurate?

• A)Only for perceivers who actually met the target (i.e. ,Hannah)in person did expectation influence perceptions.
• B)Perceivers' expectations determined the way they behaved toward the target,which in turn influenced the target's behavior.
• C)Perceivers' expectations led them to fail to notice clear limitations of the target's actual performance.
• D)Perceivers' expectations affected their perceptions of the target's performance,even when that performance was identical across conditions.

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