In a study of the effects of prejudice, Munro and Ditto (1997) asked participants to read two different articles, one concluding that homosexuality was associated with psychopathology and the other concluding that it was not

Participants who were more prejudiced against homosexuals
a. were less certain about their views after reading the articles
b. were more convinced by the less derogatory report
c. were less influenced by the articles than those who were less prejudiced
d. responded more favorably to the more derogatory report

Answer: D

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