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Destiiny22

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Shih and her colleagues studied how Asian American college women performed on a difficult math test. Their results showed that the participants performed best if
 
  a. they had been reminded about their ethnicity before taking the test.
  b. they had been reminded about their gender before taking the test.
  c. they had been reminded about both their ethnicity and their gender before taking the test.
  d. they had received no reminder before taking the test.

Question 2

Which of the following is the best example of the term stereotype threat?
 
  a. A teenage girl realizes that she does not need to conform to the North American standards of beauty.
  b. A teenage boy worries that he won't be able to take good care of his infant niece because his friends recently told him that boys have no clue how to handle babies.
  c. A male college graduate says he knows that women can be good at math, but he doesn't really believe this.
  d. When making judgments about an acquaintance, a female college graduate remembers more gender-consistent information than gender-inconsistent information.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B



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