John Bargh and colleagues' study of implicit stereotyping (1996) found that subliminally priming young people with the image of an elderly person caused them to
A) answer questions more slowly in interviews.
B) write more slowly on questionnaires.
C) walk down the hall more slowly after the experiment.
D) be more forgetful during the experiment.

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Bargh's study found that subliminal priming with the image of an elderly person caused young people to walk down the hall more slowly after the experiment. This suggests that the implicit stereotype of older individuals being slow and frail influenced the participants' behavior without their conscious awareness. The study did not find any effects on participants' speed of answering questions or writing on questionnaires, nor did it measure forgetfulness.

John Bargh and Colleagues' Study of Implicit Stereotyping (1996) Found