In a committee meeting on how to best serve Latinx students at their university,Dr.Gutierrez suggested a training she'd attended on best practices,but her colleagues failed to acknowledge her suggestion and kept brainstorming.Fifteen minutes later,Dr.Smith suggested the same workshop,which prompted the committee to agree to attend the workshop.Ignoring the female professor and believing the male professor is an example of which of the following?

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The theory of communicator status suggests that people are more likely to listen to and value the opinions of those who hold high status in a particular group or society. In this case, it seems that the male professor was given more weight despite suggesting the same thing as the female professor, indicating a potential bias based on perceived status or authority.

In a Committee Meeting on How to Best Serve Latinx