Sara is Asian Canadian and has recently transferred to a new school. Because of her ethnicity, her teachers assume that she is a good student and expect her to score much higher in tests than her classmates. Consequently, Sara works very hard in order to meet the expectations of her teachers. Identify the belief illustrated in this scenario.
A) stereotype threat
B) the conjunction fallacy
C) the Flynn effect
D) optimism bias
A) stereotype threat
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a. Free recall b. Recognition c. Savings d. Implicit
The following person is MOST likely to be given an amniocentesis
a. an African-American female. b. an Asian-American female. c. a female younger than age 20. d. a female over the age of 35.
Snell (1967) found that African Americans who believed they have been "hexed" could be treated effectively by a psychiatrist using hypnosis, even when the psychiatrist did not believe in hexing. This is an example of:
a. self-fulfilling prophecy c. shamanism b. misattribute d. illusory correlation
When there is a _____ relationship, as scores on X increase, scores on Y decrease
a. positive b. negative c. curvilinear d. zero