Taylor, who is European American, believes that she has no bias against African Americans. However, when Taylor's developmental psychology professor gives her class an assignment in which she must work with two other students to complete a project, she ignores two African American students who sit near her and asks two European American students who sit two rows away. When a friend of hers points this out, Taylor is surprised by her behavior. Taylor's surprise is due to the lack of recognition of her:

a. unconscious prejudice.
b. unconscious tolerance.
c. stereotype threat.
d. conscious prejudice.