Awareness of Negative Stereotypes About Oneself Can Interfere with One's

question 197

Multiple Choice

Awareness of negative stereotypes about oneself can interfere with one's task performance. This phenomenon is termed __________.

• A) schema threat
• B) schema priming
• C) stereotype threat
• D) stereotype activation

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Definitions:

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