"White Guys Can't Dance?? I'll Show You --- THIS White

question 142

Multiple Choice

"White guys can't dance?? I'll show you --- THIS White guy can dance," Derek boasts, jabbing his thumb in his own chest as a current "club anthem" starts up. Your knowledge of stereotype threat leads you to predict that Derek's performance on the dance floor:

• A) may be improved, because he is motivated to disprove the stereotype
• B) may be impaired, because he reminded himself of the stereotype
• C) should be unaffected, because stereotype threat really only applies to gender differences in math performance
• D) should be unaffected, because stereotype threat really only applies to members of historically oppressed groups, such as women, people of color, the disabled, and sexual minorities

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