Imagine that you are conducting an experiment in which participants are asked to judge, on a scale of 1-10, how aggressive someone in a video appears. You have two conditions: one in which participants are asked to make this judgment while referring to the person as 'the perpetrator', the other asks the same thing but refers to the same person as 'the defendant'. Based on prior work, what would you expect?
A)No difference in judgments across conditions.
B)On average, people would judge the person in the perpetrator condition as being more aggressive.
C)On average, people would judge the person in the perpetrator condition as being more aggressive, and would make those judgments more quickly.
D)On average, people would judge the person in the perpetrator condition as being more aggressive, and would make those judgments more slowly.
E)No difference in judgments across conditions, though faster responses in the 'perpetrator' condition.

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Labeling someone as a 'perpetrator' can lead to higher perceived aggression due to the connotations associated with the term, compared to 'defendant'.

Imagine That You Are Conducting an Experiment in Which Participants