In a study by Steele, African-American college students
performed poorer on a task than European-American college students when they were told the task was a test of academic ability, while they performed the same as the European-American college students when they were told the task was a laboratory problem-solving task. The results of this study illustrate the concept of
a. symbolic prejudice.
b. stereotype threat.
c. group prejudice.
d. dogmatism.
ANSWER: b
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