In a classic study by Allport and Postman (1947) ,participants were shown an image of a white man on a street car,waving a razor at a black man.Then the scene was described by one participant to another and so on until it had been described six times.What were the findings of the study?
A) In over half the trials,by the last telling of the story,the participant was claiming a black man held a razor.
B) In over half the trials,by the last telling of the story,the participant was not relaying any information about a razor.
C) In the majority of trials,people were able to recount the story essentially accurately.
D) In the majority of trials,people had gotten confused about the setting in which the story was taking place.
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