Jan is a communication major who believes that her female communication professors are more credible than her male profs

However, Scott, who is also a comm major, believes just the opposite—
that his male comm profs are more competent and credible. How does
research shed light on this situation?
A. Research has produced mixed results in terms of male and female
students' beliefs about the credibility of their female and male
professors.
B. Research reveals a "sex matching" trend, in that female students deem
female profs more credible, male students deem male profs more
credible.
C. Research on this topic is flawed because a professor's sex and a
student's sex shouldn't be factors when making a judgment of
credibility.
D. None of the above have resulted from research on this topic.


A

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