In an Experiment by Hoffman, Lau, and Johnson, Chinese-English Bilinguals

question 20

Multiple Choice

In an experiment by Hoffman, Lau, and Johnson, Chinese-English bilinguals read descriptions of people, and were later asked to provide descriptions of the people they read about. The results showed that the:

• A)Language used did not influence the stereotypes used, regardless of the participants´ ethnic origin
• B)Language used did not influence the stereotypes used, but did influence what was remembered
• C)Participants thinking in English were more apt to use the Chinese stereotypes
• D)Language used influenced the stereotypes used, and therefore the inferences made and what was remembered
• E)Participants thinking in Chinese were more apt to use the English stereotypes

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