In a Classic Study, Participants Who Were Told to Use

question 103

Multiple Choice

In a classic study, participants who were told to use the generic "he" pronoun to finish sentences such as "If a writer expects to get a book published, he should …" and who were then asked to describe their mental image of the sentence's subject were:

• A)more likely to visualize a male than a female
• B)more likely to visualize a mixed group of men and women than a single person.
• C)just as likely to visualize a female as a male.
• D)unable to complete the task, because they lacked enough information to form a detailed mental image.