Vanessa, who is African American, felt that her performance on the entrance exam was being judged by the standard of a negative stereotype when she was told by the assistant principal that White candidates performed 20% better. This is known as
a. stereotype threat.
b. bias threat.
c. racial threat.
d. prejudicial threat.
e. negative threat.
a. stereotype threat.
Psychology
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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