Why Would Something as Apparently Innocuous as a Defendant's Name

question 17

Multiple Choice

Why would something as apparently innocuous as a defendant's name influence the inferences and decisions of mock jurors in the experiment by Galen Bodenhausen (1988) ?

• A)Negative out-group stereotypes were activated,and they biased information processing.
• B)Group polarization during deliberations made stereotypes more extreme.
• C)Groups were more likely than individuals to commit the ultimate attribution error.
• D)Names are often a criterion used to establish minimal in-groups and out-groups.

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