Instructing People to Reappraise Anxiety as a Normal Part of Test-Taking

question 103

Multiple Choice

Instructing people to reappraise anxiety as a normal part of test-taking:

• A)increases the effects of stereotype threat.
• B)leads to disidentifying with academics.
• C)decreases the effects of stereotype threat.
• D)increases test anxiety.

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