The 1934 LaPiere's study involved the researcher asking whether the hotel would accept Chinese guests, he then sent two specific Chinese people to the hotel. The specific people were not the same as the proposed people and thus were ______.

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LaPiere's study demonstrated that attitudes (responses to a survey question) did not predict actual behavior (whether the hotel accepted Chinese guests in practice). The two specific Chinese people sent to the hotels represented different stimuli from the hypothetical scenario presented in the survey question, illustrating the discrepancy between stated attitudes and actual behavior.

The 1934 LaPiere's Study Involved the Researcher Asking Whether the Hotel