Research on stereotype threat suggests that underperformance by African Americans in academic settings may be due to
a. a fear of confirming negative stereotypes of African Americans.
b. an overemphasis on super ordinate goals in instruction.
c. receiving negative feedback based on racist motives.
d. the desegregation that tends to occur even in so-called integrated schools.
a
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