The Textbook Describes an Experiment Conducted by Bargh and Pietromonaco

question 54

Multiple Choice

The textbook describes an experiment conducted by Bargh and Pietromonaco (1982) in which participants were exposed to a list of words too quickly to discern them. Participants were exposed to either a list composed mainly of hostile words or a list composed mainly of nonhostile words. Consistent with the argument that ________ stimuli influence schemas, results showed that those exposed to the hostile list ________.

• A) subliminal; subsequently rated a target person more negatively
• B) consciously experienced; were friendlier during a subsequent conversation
• C) subliminal; remembered fewer hostile words on a memory test
• D) consciously experienced; enjoyed the experiment to a greater degree

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