Taylor is the only girl on her baseball team. Today she will
be playing in the championship game and is worried that she will "choke" (not be able to play as well as she usually does) because she was told that girls always "choke" in the big games. What concept is being represented?
A) Between-group heritability
B) Confirmation bias
C) Stereotype threat
D) Test bias
Answer: C
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