Define stereotype threat, and describe the findings from Claude Steele's classic study on stereotype threat
What will be an ideal response?
Stereotype threat is people's perceived risk of performing poorly and thereby supporting an unfavorable stereotype about their group. It manifests itself in a tendency to do less well than one could, as a result of expecting that one's group is at a disadvantage on a test. In Steele's study, Black students who thought they were doing a difficult task just for fun did better than those who thought the task was intended to measure their academic strengths and weaknesses.
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a. projection. b. repression. c. reaction formation. d. regression.
Which of the following theories of emotion would explain that you "see a bear, feel fear, and then you run"?
a. James-Lange theory b. Cannon-Bard theory c. Schachter's cognitive theory d. the common sense theory
Women score LOWER than do men on:
A) extraversion. B) openness to ideas. C) agreeableness. D) neuroticism.
Procrastination can be caused by perfectionism.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)