The psychologist used a white lie to ______.A、weaken the participants’ worry
B、monitor the participants’ reaction
C、increase the difficulty of the tests
D、correct biases associated with age
【正确答案】：D
【题目解析】：原因目的题。由题干定位于第二段最后一句话…… a white lie imparted to damp down stereotype threat.后半句话是对前半句话的补充，即对……correct for any biases that might be associated with age的补充，所以答案是A选项；显然，从最后一句话可以看出第二个测试是降低难度的，所以C选项是错误的；A、B选项无从得知。