Professor Marcus believes that student athletes are lazy and academically incompetent. Every time she has an athlete in one of her classes who is a poor student she takes note of and remembers it. Every time she has an athlete in her class who is an excellent student she ignores it. This is a mechanism by which Professor Marcus _____ her stereotype of student athletes.

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By only taking note of and remembering examples of poor academic performance by student athletes and ignoring examples of excellent performance, Professor Marcus is maintaining her stereotype of student athletes as lazy and academically incompetent. She is not making adjustments to her stereotype or justifying it, nor is she making good use of it in any productive way.

Professor Marcus Believes That Student Athletes Are Lazy and Academically