In One Well-Known Study That Was Conducted During an Era

question 129

Multiple Choice

In one well-known study that was conducted during an era of anti-Chinese prejudice (LaPiere, 1934) , a researcher drove across the U.S. with a Chinese couple, stopping at dozens of restaurants, hotels, auto camps, and tourist homes. He was interested in knowing the percentage of establishments that would serve the couple, as well as the percentage of establishments that would SAY that they would serve the couple when contacted later. The results from this research provided some of the first evidence of ____.

• A) the fact that people's stated attitudes are not always consistent with their actual behaviors
• B) post-dissonance rationalization
• C) implicit prejudice
• D) aversive racism