Hightower is a new recruit in the police academy, and is about to begin his very first day of training with a computer simulation task in which Caucasian and African-American men are portrayed holding ambiguous, weapon-like objects. Research on race and the perceptions of police officers would predict that Hightower
a. would have little trouble distinguishing between Caucasian and
African-American targets in such a simulation.
b. would respond differently to the simulation depending on his personal endorsement of race-related stereotypesand prejudicial attitudes.
c. demonstrate more and more bias in his responses the longer his training went on.
d. would have a bias that was consistent with racial stereotypes.
d
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