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Levy (1996) subliminally presented men and women over the age of 60 with words like “decline” and “dependent.” Half of the participants were presented with more positive words (e.g., “wise,” “enlightened”). Those who were primed with negative words did worse on a memory test. In a follow-up experiment, those negative primes had no effect on participants ages 18 to 35. Which of the following phenomena best explain these findings?

Select one:

a. explicit prejudice

b. discrimination

c. accommodation

d. stereotype threat

e. implicit prejudice

Explanation / Answer

The correct option is D.

Stereotype threat - As per the research conducted negatives primes tend to perform low in the memory test. This is as per the stereotype threat defintion where the performance of individuals is reduced who belongs to the negatively stereotyped groups.

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