Which best describes the tendency of individuals to perform better or worse on tests depending on what they have been told about their group's abilities?
A. discrimination hypothesis
B. racialization theory
C. contact hypothesis
D. stereotype threat
Answer: D
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a. Subprime b. Prime c. Secondary d. Recessionary
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A. auto-immunity. B. psychoneuro-immunology. C. auto lymphomosis. D. anti-immunity.
According to Erving Goffman, the goal of a total institution is to _______
a. help integrate a troubled patient into the outside world. b. give a person greater choices about how to live. c. radically alter a person's personality or behavior. d. encourage lifelong learning in a supervised context.
Corruption among Irish American politicians was largely due to:
a. the lack of a welfare state. b. a history of religious dominance. c. the poverty of the Irish masses. d. competition from African Americans.