Consider the Following Quote from the Work of the Social

question 34

Multiple Choice

Consider the following quote from the work of the social psychologist Dan Gilbert: "Stereotypic beliefs about women's roles,for example,may enable one to see correctly that a woman in a dark room is threading a needle rather than tying a fishing lure,but they may also cause one to mistakenly assume that her goal is embroidery rather than cardiac surgery." This quote illustrates the fact that

• A) stereotypes bias how we construe behaviors.
• B) discrimination leads to self-fulfilling prophecies.
• C) stereotyping is mentally demanding.
• D) prejudiced beliefs are often unconscious.

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