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An experiment was conducted by Galen Bodenhausen where he asked mostly White college students to act as mock jurors in a court case.Some students were told that the defendant was named Carlos Ramirez,and others were told that his name was Robert Johnson.The imaginary Carlos Ramirez (with a the Hispanic-sounding name) was found guilty more often than the imaginary Robert Johnson only when students learned the name before receiving the evidence.What did Bodenhausen conclude from this experiment?


A) The Hispanic-sounding name activated student's stereotypes and biased their information processing.
B) The origin or sound of the names had no influence on the judgment.
C) Ramirez was found guilty more often as he was the one who had the most witnesses against him.
D) None of the above

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