In a study reported in the text, African-American children were told stories in which light- and dark-complexioned African-American characters were associated with either positive or negative attributes. When the children were asked to recall the stories, what happened?
a. The children remembered more stories in which the light-complexioned characters had positive attributes and the dark-complexioned characters had negative attributes.
b. The children remembered more stories in which the light-complexioned characters had negative attributes and the dark-complexioned characters had positive attributes.
c. The children preferred stories in which the light-complexioned characters had positive attributes and the dark-complexioned characters had negative attributes.
d. The children preferred stories in which the light-complexioned characters had negative attributes and the dark-complexioned characters had positive attributes.
e. The children were able to remember all stories equally well, regardless of the attributes assigned to the characters.
a
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