In many contexts, scholars find that students perform better in school when their credentials are closer to those of their classmates, whereas they have more trouble persisting in a difficult major, graduating from college, or getting a good job when they are surrounded by peers who have much higher credentials. This has been referred to as the mismatch effect. If we assume the mismatch effect is real, what would a utilitarian say this suggests about the use of strong affirmative action

The mismatch effect illustrates how strong affirmative action is not always beneficial to minorities.

Explanation:

In psychology, the mismatch effect is a theory that analyzes the impact of a different environment or condition on an organism with adaptive traits inherited from the past generation. The negative effect is called a mismatch and the subject can not adapt to the new or different condition.

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