Greenwald and his colleagues (2003)asked both Black and White participants to press a "shoot" button when the target appeared to be holding a gun rather than a harmless object such as a flashlight.The results of this study showed that the participants more often misperceived the object and mistakenly shot harmless targets who were Black.This shows that:

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The study shows that automatic, implicit prejudice exists, as the participants were more likely to misperceive harmless objects as guns and shoot Black targets. This suggests that their implicit associations between Blackness and threat or danger influenced their behavior without conscious awareness or intentional bias. It also implies that awareness of one's explicit attitudes may not be sufficient to prevent such discriminatory behavior.

Greenwald and His Colleagues (2003)asked Both Black and White Participants