Hightower Is a New Recruit in the Police Academy, and Is

question 14

Multiple Choice

Hightower is a new recruit in the police academy, and is about to begin his very first day of training with a computer simulation task in which Caucasian and African-American men are portrayed holding ambiguous, weapon-like objects.Research on race and the perceptions of police officers would predict that Hightower

• A) would have little trouble distinguishing between Caucasian and African-American targets in such a simulation.
• B) would respond differently to the simulation depending on his personal endorsement of race-related stereotypes and prejudicial attitudes.
• C) demonstrate more and more bias in his responses the longer his training went on.
• D) None of these

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