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dmcintosh

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David is the only non-Asian person in his math class, and he is afraid that he will confirm the stereotype that Caucasian Americans perform worse than Asian Americans on math tasks. According to the concept of stereotype threat,
 
  which of the following is most likely to happen?
  A) David will perform better than his classmates in order to prove the stereotype wrong.
  B) David will perform worse than his classmates because his concern over confirming the stereotype will impede his performance.
  C) David will develop a fixation and will become obsessed with improving his math skills.
  D) David will start to like his Asian classmates even more due to the process of social identity transformation.

Question 2

The notion of stereotype threat is discussed in the text with relation to findings that
 
  A) students who are members of stereotyped groups learn more when they cooperate with members of other groups.
  B) black students do worse on questions from the Graduate Record Exams if their race is made salient.
  C) women perform better on math tests when their gender is made salient.
  D) black people pay on average 3,000 more than whites for the same house.



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chreslie

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B




dmcintosh

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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