In Simon and Greenberg's (1996) study, participants worked on a group project with an African-American confederate and then read an ethnic slur about him,
supposedly written by another subject. What was observed when participants evaluated their confederates?
A) Evaluations by anti-black participants were made more negative by hearing the slur.
B) Evaluations by pro-black participants were made more positive by hearing the slur.
C) Evaluations by ambivalent participants were made more negative by hearing the slur.
D) Evaluations by ambivalent participants were not changed by hearing the slur
Answer: A
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