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tfester

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________ refers to the apprehension among minority group members that they might confirm to existing cultural stereotypes.
 
  a. Performance ambivalence
  b. Stereotype threat
  c. Stereotypic anxiety
  d. Evaluation apprehension

Question 2

In which of the following cases would stereotype threat NOT be likely to occur?
 
  a. an African-American male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of intellectual ability
  b. a white female taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of mathematical ability
  c. a white male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of mathematical ability
  d. a white male taking a difficult and presumably diagnostic test of mathematical ability in competition with a group of Asians



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C



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