In One Study,white Participants Had to Decide as Quickly as Possible

question 71

Multiple Choice

In one study,white participants had to decide as quickly as possible whether an object depicted in a photograph was a handgun or a hand tool.Each photograph was immediately preceded by a picture of either a black face or a white face.The results showed that participants were faster to identify the

• A) handgun when it was preceded by a black face.
• B) handgun when it was preceded by a white face.
• C) hand tool when it was preceded by a white face.
• D) handgun when it was preceded by a black face, and a hand tool when it was preceded by a white face.

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