Ted Has Been Assigned to Work on a Linguistics Project

question 4

Multiple Choice

Ted has been assigned to work on a linguistics project with a mature student in her 40s. Ted is worried that she won't be as sharp and motivated as a younger student. He recognizes that this is a prejudice and works to suppress it. It can be expected that Ted's work on the project would be:

• A) poor because his worry about the returning student is distracting him
• B) good because he wants to compensate for the returning student's possible failings
• C) poor because it takes effort to suppress the stereotype
• D) good because his worry will challenge the returning student to work harder

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