On a test, if people who claimed not to be prejudiced against women working outside the home were slower and less accurate in classifying words into the categories of Female or Career as opposed to Female or Family, this would indicate that they
A)may harbor implicit prejudices.
B)developed group prejudices in childhood.
C)unlearned their initial prejudices.
D)have an evolutionary predisposition to view women in a nurturing role.

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This indicates implicit prejudices because their slower and less accurate responses suggest an unconscious bias that contradicts their explicit claims of not being prejudiced. Implicit prejudices are biases that individuals may not be consciously aware of.

On a Test, If People Who Claimed Not to Be