Describe the research involving different groups that has documented the negative effects of evaluation apprehension
What will be an ideal response?
Researchers have documented the fact that African Americans may perform worse on a test when they think African Americans to not generally perform well on that test than when they do not believe this.
This type of stereotyping also seems to produce behavior changes for people in different cultures, like the French and the Canadian.
Women also tend to perform less well on tests on which they expect not to do well. The effect has also been documented in European-American men who are expected to perform better in math than women; when they are compared to Asians, who stereotypically perform better, men of European descent perform less well than usual.
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What has been the U.S. government's recent trend regarding budget deficits and the national debt, and what factors are driving this trend?
What will be an ideal response?
When OPEC was formed, Britain was to a large extent the policeman of the Persian Gulf
Indicate whether this statement is true or false
Poll taxes and literacy tests were a way to
a. defray the rising cost of elections. b. get around the Fifteenth Amendment. c. ensure voters would be able to understand the ballot. d. reduce election fraud. e. increase political participation.
Critics of supply-side theory often use the term ______ to describe it.
a. trickle-down economics b. counter-cyclical economics c. investment-focused economics d. limited market regulation