When Dr. Schulman (1999) showed a video of a black and a white man reporting symptoms indicating a serious heart problem to 700 doctors, they were asked if the patients needed further advanced medical treatment. The doctors
a. Recommended both patients for further diagnostic testing for heart disease
b. Recommended the black patient for further diagnostic testing for heart disease but not the white patient
c. Recommended the white patient for further diagnostic testing for heart disease but not the black patient
d. Did not recommend further diagnostic testing for either patient
ANS: c
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