and I work at King's College London in the psychology department.

我在倫敦國王學院的心理學系工作。

One version contained an author

其中一個版本載有作者

with no middle initials. The other versions had one,

沒有中間首字母。 其他版本有一個。

two, three or four middle initials instead. And what we found was

兩個，三個或四個中間的首字母代替。而我們發現

that students liked this written work better if the author had more middle

如果作者有更多的中間環節，學生會更喜歡這篇文字作品。

initials - even though the exact text of the essay was the same.

首字母--儘管文章的具體文字是一樣的。

This is something to do with the stereotypes that people use -

這與人們使用的刻板印象有關--。

so because people with middle initials are seen as more

所以，因為中間首字母的人被視為更

prestigious, people automatically - but incorrectly - assume that their

有名望的人自動地--但不正確地--認為他們的。

work must therefore be of a higher standard.

是以，工作必須有更高的標準。

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