According to the idea of stereotype threat, what lowers someone's performance on a test?
a. The lack of opportunity to develop academic skills in early childhood
b. Becoming discouraged by a few difficult questions at the start of the test
c. The prospect of being punished for a poor performance on the test
d. An expectation that people like themselves do poorly on the test
d
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According to the James-Lange theory, experiencing emotion starts with:
A. changes in facial muscles B. a show of observable behavior C. the brain interpreting stimulus D. physiological changes
Impulses and desires are kept from awareness primarily by the
a. superego. c. hippocampus. b. ego. d. id.
Shadow juries are a panel of people selected by the ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following statements correctly summarizes the relationship between color deficiency and sex?
A. No type of color deficiency is related to the sex of the individual. B. Both red-green color deficiency and blue-yellow color deficiency are sex-linked conditions. C. Red-green color deficiency is a sex-linked condition, but blue-yellow color deficiency is not. D. Blue-yellow color deficiency is a sex-linked condition, but red-green color deficiency is not.