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WWatsford

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Anxiety and poor performance on a test of cognitive ability by an adolescent belonging to certain ethnic minorities can occur if there is an existing assumption of poor performance on such tests within society. This phenomenon is called ____________.
 
  a. ethnic bias
  b. a conditioned response
  c. prejudice
  d. stereotype threat

Question 2

Each of the following is a specific teaching strategy that is beneficial to most students in a high school literature class except ________________.
 
  a. presenting activities that require diverse cognitive operations
  b. setting up a competition to see who can be the top-scoring student
  c. teaching students strategies they can use on their own to assist comprehension
  d. assigning work that requires critical thinking about what students have read



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B



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