Question

Students were told to write an essay about a tough-looking male "skinhead." Group A was told not to let their stereotypes about skinheads influence them. Group B was told nothing. Each student was later brought into a room with eight empty chairs. The first chair had a jacket draped over it that supposedly belonged to a skinhead. Group A students sat farther away from the jacket than did group B students. These events probably happened because:

Answer 1

What they thought of term influenced their actions . Seeing a leather jacket which is stereotypical probably proved the point that he’s a tough guy