A survey reports how many high school students say they were "physically abused.". Before we decide how seriously to take these results, which questions do we need to have answered?
a. What were they told to include as examples of physical abuse?
b. How many of them fought back after being physically abused?
c. How many of them were seniors, juniors, and sophomores?
d. Was this a double-blind study?
a
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a. True b. False
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a. one b. two c. three d. four
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
David is the only non-Asian person in his math class, and he is afraid that he will confirm the stereotype that Caucasian Americans perform worse than Asian Americans on math tasks. According to the concept of stereotype threat,
which of the following is most likely to happen? A) David will perform better than his classmates in order to prove the stereotype wrong. B) David will perform worse than his classmates because his concern over confirming the stereotype will impede his performance. C) David will develop a fixation and will become obsessed with improving his math skills. D) David will start to like his Asian classmates even more due to the process of social identity transformation.