Bargh and Chartand (1999) Subliminally Presented a Group of College

Multiple Choice

Bargh and Chartand (1999) subliminally presented a group of college students with words that were either positive (e.g., friend, music, clown) or negative (e.g., cancer, worm, Monday) . Their study found that

A) only the subliminally presented negative words produced a change in mood
B) only the subliminally presented positive words produced a change in mood
C) subliminally presented words created moods similar to the valence of the words (e.g., negative words created sadder moods and positive words created happier moods)
D) subliminally presented words created the opposite mood (e.g., negative words created happier moods)