The textbook describes an experiment conducted by Bargh and Pietromonaco (1982)in which participants viewed a list composed mainly of hostile words or a list composed mainly of nonhostile words.Consistent with the argument that ______________ stimuli influence schemas, results showed that those exposed to the hostile list ________________.

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The experiment used subliminal stimuli (words presented too quickly to be consciously perceived) and tested their influence on schemas. Participants who were exposed to the hostile list subsequently rated a target person more negatively, suggesting that the hostile words had influenced their schema and affected their perception of others.

The Textbook Describes an Experiment Conducted by Bargh and Pietromonaco