In his research on stereotype threat, Steele found that when African-American college students were told that a task to be performed was a test of academic ability, their performance was
a. significantly better than the European-American college students.
b. slightly better than the European-American college students.
c. the same as the European-American college students.
d. worse than the European-American college students.
ANSWER: d
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