Research using the Implicit Association Test ("IAT") has found that both younger people and older people show a preference for young faces over old faces. The authors of the IAT have suggested that this finding occurs because ____.
A) the elderly are a stigmatized group
B) the elderly are a less familiar group (e.g., there are many more young people in the popular media today than old people)
C) people are evolutionarily "wired" to prefer younger faces to older faces
D) people do not have well-formed automatic attitudes about the elderly

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The authors of the IAT suggest that the elderly are a stigmatized group, which can lead to implicit biases favoring younger faces.

Research Using the Implicit Association Test ("IAT") Has Found That