If people today were shown a picture that contains stereotypic-inconsistent information,such as that of the black man being accosted by a white man with a razor,we would expect most of them to
A)correctly report what they had seen.
B)recall stereotypic-consistent,not inconsistent,information when questioned later.
C)ignore social stereotypes and consider each person as an individual.
D)look for other examples of stereotypic-inconsistent information in their social world.

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Research on stereotypes has shown that people tend to remember information that is consistent with stereotypes and forget information that is inconsistent with stereotypes. Therefore, in the given scenario, most people are likely to recall the stereotypic-consistent information (i.e., the white man accosting the black man) and forget the stereotypic-inconsistent information (i.e., the black man being accosted with a razor), leading to a bias in their subsequent reports.

If People Today Were Shown a Picture That Contains Stereotypic-Inconsistent