Jackson is a former member of a street gang. He has recently started attending classes at a local community college, has made new friends who don't know about his former gang membership, and is spending time with a woman from an upper-middle-
class background. Jackson heard his new friends and his girlfriend make several snide comments about gang members shortly before he took a test in one of the classes he shares with his new friends. In the light of the stereotype threat idea, this situation may cause Jackson to ________. a) perform better on the test than he otherwise might have
b) perform worse on the test than he otherwise might have
c) become prejudiced against his new friends and his girlfriend
d) regret that he's never mentioned his former gang membership to his new friends
b
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