Allison enters a summer program for high school students who are gifted in math. Of the 40 students, she is one of five girls. Her success in the program is likely to
A) be greater because she wants to prove that girls can handle it.
B) depend on making friends with the smartest boys.
C) suffer because of the effect of stereotype threat.
D) be unaffected by the unbalanced male-female ratio.
Answer: C
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