John Bargh and Colleagues' Study of Implicit Stereotyping (1996) Found

question 20

Multiple Choice

John Bargh and colleagues' study of implicit stereotyping (1996) found that subliminally priming young people with the image of an elderly person caused them to

• A) answer questions more slowly in interviews.
• B) write more slowly on questionnaires.
• C) walk down the hall more slowly after the experiment.
• D) be more forgetful during the experiment.

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