Consider the experiment on prejudice in which participants listened to a radio recording of a basketball game, then were told that some athletes were "Black" and some were "White." The results showed that the exact same person might be perceived or treated differently due to participants' pre-existing beliefs. If these results apply to the realm of job applications, we would expect that when employers review resumes to select who to invite for interviews, they will tend to
A. call in people described as "Black" for interviews.
B. be unbiased when selecting candidates but biased during the interview.
C. call in people described as "White" for interviews.
D. be biased when selecting candidates but unbiased during the interview.
Answer: C
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a. to counteract the possibility of abuses
b. to prohibit embalming procedures in minors
c. to support unionization of funeral industry personnel
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