Galen Bodenhausen (1988)had college student participants play the role of jurors in a mock trial.He found that something as simple as ____ evoked dispositional attributions and caused jurors to ignore extenuating circumstances in the case.

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Bodenhausen's study found that something as simple as a juror seeing a Hispanic surname evoked dispositional attributions and caused jurors to ignore extenuating circumstances in the case. This is an example of how stereotypes and biases can influence our perceptions and judgments.

Galen Bodenhausen (1988)had College Student Participants Play the Role of Jurors