Zalman, who is interviewing a job applicant, holds negative stereotypes about the applicant's ethnic group, but the applicant gets the job anyway. considering zalman's initial attitudes, research by word and his colleagues (1974) would suggest which outcome?

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Zalman, who is interviewing a job applicant, holds negative stereotypes about the applicant's ethnic group, but the applicant gets the job anyway. considering zalman's initial attitudes, research by word and his colleagues (1974) would suggest which outcome?

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Yusuf Leblanc · Answer 1

Stereotypes are either implicit or explicit and is mainly the generalization of assumptions about a particular group. A study done by Word, Zanna and Cooper (1974) revealed that negative stereotypes could be affirmed through interactions that provided the false confirmations of these beliefs with self - fulfilling prophecy.

Question: considering Zalman's initial attitudes, research by Word and his colleagues (1974) would suggest which outcome?

Answer: The applicant would not get the job.