“Stereotype threat” refers to impaired performance because of what?
a. Fear that your success might embarrass others who don't do so well
b. Lack of full identification with your ethnic or racial group
c. Failure to take a test seriously or to consider the consequences if you do well or poorly
d. Fear of confirming a low expectation about your group
Answer: d. Fear of confirming a low expectation about your group
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A. sensory memories B. repressed memories C. metaperceptions D. schemas
In people as well as in rats and other animals, the _____ is critically involved in emotional conditioning.
A) reticular formation B) thalamus C) amygdala D) hippocampus
Carlos cannot wait to go get home and eat his candy bar, so he eats it in the backseat of the car. He does not care that his mother clearly told him not to eat in her car. According to Freud, what part of his mind is operating here?
a. id b. ego c. superego d. unconscious mind
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a. fundamental attribution error b. actor-observer effect c. ultimate attribution error d. self-serving bias