When Data Analysis Revealed to a Professor That He Unknowingly

question 328

Multiple Choice

When data analysis revealed to a professor that he unknowingly graded essays written by Black students slightly more critically than he did those written by White students,the professor adopted a new policy whereby he graded all essays with no knowledge of who wrote them.Prior to this intervention,the professor was exhibiting a(n) _____ stereotype.

• A)unconscious and automatic
• B)subliminal and automatic
• C)threat and automatic
• D)conscious yet automatic

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