Brittany is one of very few African Americans at her private high school. She is encountering severe test anxiety, so she talks with her older sister, who is majoring in developmental psychology in college. Her sister explains that Brittany may be afraid that she will be judged to be less intelligent than her peers, thus confirming a negative stereotype about her ethnic group. What is this phenomenon called?
A. stereotype threat
B. stereotype paralysis
C. stereotype anxiety
D. stereotype apprehension
Answer: A
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a. "People have the ability to make free choices and they are responsible for their own decisions." b. "Therapists who use the ABC-theory are too passive; they should be more like teachers than listeners." c. "Cognitive therapists put too much emphasis on childhood experiences and not enough on choices one makes in life." d. "Thoughts are not observable, so they have no place in science, which should only focus on behavior."
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a. Diffidence b. Dissociation c. Withdrawal d. Inertia
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b. provide a level of stimulation that most of us receive from more typical behaviors. c. provide a sense of relief from the feelings of depression that they experience when they are not highly aroused. d. reduce the generally high level of arousal that they feel.
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A) germinal B) zygotic C) embryonic D) fetal