When data analysis revealed to a professor that he unknowingly graded essays written by Black students slightly more critically than he did those written by White students,the professor adopted a new policy where he graded all essays with no knowledge of who wrote them.Prior to this intervention,the Professor was exhibiting a(n)_____ stereotype.
A)unconscious and automatic
B)subliminal and automatic
C)threat and automatic
D)conscious yet automatic

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The professor's behavior was based on an unconscious and automatic stereotype, as revealed by the data analysis. This means that he was not intentionally or consciously grading Black students more critically, but rather his bias was operating at an automatic level outside of his awareness. The intervention of grading essays blindly was aimed at minimizing the influence of this implicit bias.

When Data Analysis Revealed to a Professor That He Unknowingly