Bill is a retired aircraft mechanic, who has agreed to talk to a group of high school students about the early days of commercial aviation. Bill is concerned that any slip in his memory will confirm the belief that all older people are forgetful. Because he is anxious and preoccupied about possible memory lapses, Bill actually does have problems with his memory. This illustrates that
a. negative stereotypes can have a self-fulfilling quality.
b. most stereotypes have some degree of truth to them.
c. all older people have frequent memory lapses.
d. stereotypes are never positive.
a
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