Participants in a study by Blair, Ma and Lenton (2001) were asked to form a mental image of a strong woman. The results of this study showed the power of _______ to decrease stereotypes.

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The study showed that providing participants with a mental image of a strong woman that did not conform to traditional gender stereotypes (counterstereotypic information) decreased their reliance on gender stereotypes. This suggests that counterstereotypic information can be powerful in reducing stereotypes. The other options (distinctiveness information, illusory correlation, and self-fulfilling prophecy) do not relate to the study's findings about how to decrease stereotypes.

Participants in a Study by Blair, Ma and Lenton (2001)