Research on stereotype threat has shown that female students performed
a. worse on a verbal test when they had to indicate their gender on a demographic questionnaire.
b. better on a math test when they were threatened with punishment for doing poorly.
c. worse on a math test when they were told beforehand that men tend to score higher.
d. better on a verbal test when they took it in the presence of male students.
Ans: c. worse on a math test when they were told beforehand that men tend to score higher
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