Participants in a Study Are Asked to Press the Left

question 42

Multiple Choice

Participants in a study are asked to press the left button if they see an unpleasant word or a photo of a White person, and to press the right button if they see a pleasant word or a photo of a Black person. The probable purpose of this procedure is to measure

• A) the duration of the attentional blink.
• B) subtle prejudices that people do not admit to themselves.
• C) how rapidly the average person learns a stereotype.
• D) shifts between internal and external attributions.

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Definitions:

Bilateral Animals

Organisms with a body plan that is symmetrically divided along a vertical plane, creating mirrored halves on either side.

Common Ancestor

An ancestor that two or more descendants have in common, where it is the most recent individual from which all organisms in a group directly descend.

Hox Genes

A group of related genes that control the body plan of an embryo along the head-tail axis.

WNT Genes

A family of genes that encode for signaling molecules involved in the regulation of embryonic development and the control of cell processes in adult animals.