Hightower is a new recruit in the police academy, and is about to begin his very first day of training with a computer simulation task in which Caucasian and African-American men are portrayed holding ambiguous, weapon-like objects.Research on race and the perceptions of police officers would predict that Hightower
A) would have little trouble distinguishing between Caucasian and African-American targets in such a simulation.
B) would respond differently to the simulation depending on his personal endorsement of race-related stereotypes and prejudicial attitudes.
C) demonstrate more and more bias in his responses the longer his training went on.
D) None of these
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