In the Scenario Below About Kelly, Please Apply Priming Theory

In the scenario below about Kelly, please apply priming theory to the instance. Which statement works best?
Kelly just watched a movie about high school in which the guys on the football team were portrayed as unintelligent and immature. Then, Kelly gets a friend request from Alex, a football player at the same high school. Kelly decides not to accept the friend request, thinking Alex is probably unintelligent and immature.

A) The movie made the stereotype applicable.
B) The friend request made the stereotype applicable.
C) The friend request suppressed the stereotype.
D) The movie suppressed the stereotype.

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