Author Question: Noah's teachers don't think that Noah is very smart, so they stop paying attention to him or asking ... (Read 117 times)

wenmo · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Noah's teachers don't think that Noah is very smart, so they stop paying attention to him or asking him questions. After a few years, Noah decides there is no point trying to do well in school because he's dumb. He has become a victim of

a. the justification of effort.
b. a self-fulfilling prophecy.
c. implicit prejudice.
d. stereotype threat.

Question 2

The IAT might be measuring implicit prejudice, but what other explanations might account for the findings it produces?

a. It is capturing cultural stereotypes rather than people's real feelings.
b. It reflects actual associations between two traits but not necessarily prejudices.
c. It doesn't measure speed of associations quickly enough.
d. a and b