James is a 68-year-old retired history professor, who has been asked to take over a college class for a week. Although he has practiced with the equipment used in the classroom, he is concerned that any slip in using this computer equipment will confirm the stereotype about older people "not being able to learn new skills, particularly those related to computers.". Because he is anxious and
preoccupied about possible problems with the classroom equipment, James actually does experience problems with the computer projection system during his first lecture. Psychologist Claude Steele referred to this as
a. scapegoating.
b. stereotype threat.
c. dogmatism.
d. cognitive dissonance.
b
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Behavior that is measured in an experiment is called the:
A. independent variable B. experimental variable C. random variable D. dependent variable
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. equal to the HSD. b. greater than the HSD. c. zero. d. less than the HSD.