Your text describes a study in which photos of older women and men were evaluated in terms of positive or negative stereotypes. The results indicated that

a. older participants chose more positive stereotypes for both older men and older women than younger participants did.
b. the participants chose fewer positive stereotypes for the older women than for older men.
c. the participants chose negative stereotypes for women in their 60s, but positive stereotypes for women in their 70s.
d. the participants, surprisingly, chose more positive stereotypes for older women than for older men.


B

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