Observations on How Attitudes About African Americans Would Affect People's

question 123

Multiple Choice

Observations on how attitudes about African Americans would affect people's willingness to vote for Barack Obama in 2008 revealed that people who reported low levels of prejudice but
Whose scores on the Implicit Association Test (IAT) indicated negative attitudes about blacks
Were ________ likely to vote for Obama because ________ attitudes were better predictors
Of behavior than ________ attitudes.

• A) less;implicit;explicit
• B) less;explicit;implicit
• C) more;implicit;explicit
• D) more;explicit;implicit

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Definitions:

Quintile Distribution

A statistical measure used to divide a population into five equal groups based on a particular variable, such as income.

Income Share

The portion or percentage of national income or personal revenue received by an individual or group, often studied in the context of economic inequality.

Social Stratification

Refers to the way in which society is organized into layers based on wealth, power, and status.

Hierarchical Structure

An organizational system arranged in levels of importance or authority.