Answer:
C Biases affect how people value others, but awareness can help reduce unequal treatment.
Explanation:
The article related to this question can be found here:
https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/a-teen-and-a-trolley-reveal-society-s-dark-side
The article talks about a social science experiment performed by Tiffany Sun, a high school senior, at the Intel Science Talent Search, in Washington DC.
She choose "the trolley problem" (where a person can choose whether to let 5 people get hit by a fast moving trolley without brakes, or hit a switch to change the track and only hit 1 person) to examine people's biases against certain characteristics like appearance, wealth and disability. She surveyed nearly 3000 people, and varied the identity of the single person on the track, where at times she had the appearance of being wealthy, dressed in a business suit, or she was dressed as a waitress; sometimes the woman was very attractive, other times she was plain looking; and she also put the woman on a wheelchair. She found very noticable differences in the results, as people often favored the attractive and wealthy looking woman by not choosing to sacrifice her. But if the woman was plain looking, poor looking or disabled, the percentage of people who would sacrifice her to save the other 5 would increase considerably. Tiffany concludes that understanding these biases can help to address them and create a society with more equality.
