People Often Maintain Stereotypes About Groups Even After They Have

Multiple Choice

People often maintain stereotypes about groups even after they have met individuals who contradict the stereotype.Given the phenomenon of memory bias, what might one reason be that a stereotype does NOT change with new information?

A) The memory for the individual shifts in the direction of the stereotype.
B) Old memories of the individual are incorrectly combined into new ones.
C) Other people with similar beliefs give false information about the individual.
D) The person does not recognize the beliefs to be a stereotype.