As a woman, Dawn is aware of the stereotypes that women are not good at math. When she completes a questionnaire about her gender and then is given a math test, it is most likely that ________

a. Dawn's self-conscious awareness of the stereotypes regarding women will improve her test performance.
b. the questionnaire about her gender will lessen the effect of stereotype threat on her performance.
c. Dawn will return the test to the administrator completely blank due to the burden of stereotype threat.
d. the questionnaire will increase stereotype threat, and increase the risk that she will underperform on the math test.


Answer: d

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