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bobthebuilder

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The phenomenon in which a test taker exerts less effort to protect their self-worth when faced with the expectation that they may not perform well is referred to as
 
  a. the biasing effect
  b. self-handicapping
  c. stereotype threat
  d. the expectancy effect

Question 2

A measure of how much scores within a distribution differ among themselves is the
 
  a. mean.
 b. frequency.
  c. variance.
 d. median.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c


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Reply #2 on: Jun 19, 2018
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