Question

Professor Molinelli believes that student athletes are lazy and academically incompetent. Every time she has an athlete in one of her classes who is a poor student, she takes note of and remembers it. Every time she has an athlete in her class who is an excellent student, she ignores it. Through this mechanism, Professor Molinelli ________ her stereotype of student athletes.

Answer 1

Answer:

Maintains

Explanation:

From the social psychological perspective, stereotype is the over-generalized belief about a particular group of people. Although it helps people to respond quickly but it fails to take individual difference into consideration. It results in social categorization of people and therefore enhances biased and prejudice attitude towards a particular category of people.

Professor Molinelli observation of some students and then extending this idea to all students is an example of stereotype.