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Research on stereotype threat indicates that
 
  a. only a handful of minority groups experience such threats.
  b. they can be attenuated by expressing positive expectations of the potential targets.
  c. stereotypes are just as likely to improve the math scores of women as to harm them.
  d. it is an exclusively American phenomenon.

Question 2

Pre-trial publicity tends to produce a bias against defendants because
 
  a. people assume that defendants are guilty until proven innocent.
  b. information in news reports usually comes from police or district attorneys.
  c. most people charged with crimes really are guilty.
  d. the publicity makes the defendant seem more familiar, resulting in a familiarity-induced bias.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

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