Based on Results from Klaczynski and Narasimham (1998), What Would

question 88

Multiple Choice

Based on results from Klaczynski and Narasimham (1998) , what would you predict would have happened when Dylan, a white supremacist teen, read a scientific study indicating that Asians have higher IQs than Caucasians?

• A) He would reconsider his anti-Asian stance.
• B) He would dismiss the study as being flawed.
• C) He would look up more research on the topic.
• D) He would now view Asians as more intelligent.

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Definitions:

Recall

A memory task in which a person must produce required information by searching memory.

Retrieval Cues

Stimuli that assist in the recall of information stored in the memory.

Searching Memory

The cognitive process of actively retrieving information stored in the brain, involving various strategies and brain areas.

Eugenics

Is the belief that the human race can be improved by controlling which people can become parents.