Researchers Provided Participants with Audiotapes That Contained Subliminal Messages to Improve

Multiple Choice

Researchers provided participants with audiotapes that contained subliminal messages to improve memory or to raise self-esteem. After participants had listened to the tapes, the researchers assessed their memory or self-esteem. Greenwald and his colleagues found that the subliminal messages __________.

A) worked, and people correctly thought that they did
B) worked, but people were skeptical about their success
C) did not work, but people thought that they did
D) did not work, and people were correctly skeptical