Steele and Aronson’s experiments about “stereotype threat” were designed to see whether ____________________________________.

a. White students or African American students are smarter
b. they could manipulate how people judge their own skills
c. telling students that they were not testing personal ability let those students relax and excel.
d. reminding African American students about the stereotypes against them will affect their performance


ANS: d.

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