Claude is a black graduate student who is often subtly reminded of the beliefs of racist colleagues that black people are less intelligent than white people. Claude does not overtly believe this himself, but his work begins to suffer. Claude is
experiencing the effects of __________.
A) stereotype threat
B) stereotype promise
C) assimilation
D) sociological imagination
Answer: A
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