Suppose that a woman is about to take a chemistry exam, and the professor has just been saying that men earned higher scores on previous chemistry exams. If the females do indeed receive lower scores on this exam, a possible explanation would be

a. stereotype threat.
b. heterosexism.
c. androgyny.
d. androcentrism.


A

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