Suppose That Researchers Want to Determine Whether Young College Students

question 43

Multiple Choice

Suppose that researchers want to determine whether young college students have stereotypes about elderly people. An implicit measure of stereotyping would be better than an explicit measure because

• A) an implicit measure would be less influenced by people's tendency to supply a socially appropriate answer.
• B) the norms are more accurate if they are based on implicit measures.
• C) people's schemas would have greater influence on implicit measures.
• D) the pragmatic view of memory would interfere with an explicit measure.

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Definitions:

Gametes

Gametes are the reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms, with males producing sperm and females producing eggs, each carrying half the genetic information of the parent.

Chromosome

A thread-like structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.

Locus

(pl., loci) The place on the chromosome at which the gene for a given trait occurs (i.e., a segment of the chromosomal DNA containing information that controls some feature of the organism); also called gene locus.

Homozygous

Having a pair of identical alleles for a particular locus. Compare with heterozygous.