Darley and Gross (1983)showed participants a video of a girl taking a reading test.They then asked participants to rate the girl's academic ability.These researchers found that participants rated her academic ability higher if they thought that she:
A)was from an affluent family.
B)was from an extremely religious family.
C)had struggled to overcome her family's poverty.
D)was 10 years of age instead of 12 years of age.

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Darley and Gross found that participants rated the girl's academic ability higher if they thought she was from an affluent family. This suggests that participants were making judgments based on social status rather than the girl's actual performance on the reading test.

Darley and Gross (1983)showed Participants a Video of a Girl