Recall That Steele and Aronson (1995)showed That Black Participants Performed

question 23

Multiple Choice

Recall that Steele and Aronson (1995) showed that black participants performed relatively poorly on a test when they were led to believe it was a particularly good measure of intellectual ability.Which of the following concepts is most closely related to this finding?

• A) illusory correlation
• B) attributional ambiguity
• C) stereotype threat
• D) distinctiveness pairing

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