In their classic study of rumor transmission, Allport and Postman found that
A) often a black was reported, wrongly, to have been holding a knife.
B) rumors increase the amount of violence, the more they are retold.
C) eyewitnesses are more accurate than is generally believed.
D) rumor transmission cannot be studied in the laboratory.

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Allport and Postman found that rumors often involved distortions and inaccuracies that could perpetuate negative stereotypes, such as falsely reporting that a black person was holding a knife.

In Their Classic Study of Rumor Transmission, Allport and Postman