Sixty-five-year-old Bernice is taking courses at the university with the intention of completing a bachelor's degree.Some members of her family think she is not likely to succeed because she is much too old to learn new information.This family's thinking about Bernice illustrates
A) hindsight bias.
B) prejudice.
C) social scripts.
D) stereotyping.

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The family's thinking about Bernice is an example of stereotyping, which means making assumptions about an individual based on group characteristics or preconceived notions. In this case, the family is using Bernice's age as a basis for their belief that she cannot learn new information or succeed in completing her degree.

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