Macrae, Stangor and Milne (1994) asked students to list their thoughts about a "child abuser," and then to locate various personality trait words in a puzzle. The researchers found that
a. the emotion associated with thinking about a child abuser slowed reaction times
b. students were unable to find words associated with child abusers
c. students found more words that were consistent with the category than were inconsistent
d. students had difficulty accessing a stereotype of a child abuser
Answer: C
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