Steele and Aronson Administered the Verbal Portion of the GRE

question 23

Multiple Choice

Steele and Aronson administered the verbal portion of the GRE to black and white students, telling them either that the test was measuring their intellectual ability or that it had nothing to do with their intellectual ability. The results of this study revealed that:

• A) in general, students performed better when they thought the test was important, regardless of race
• B) in general, students performed better when they thought the test was not important, regardless of race
• C) black students did better when they thought the test was not about their intellectual ability than when they thought it was measuring their intellectual ability
• D) black students did better when they thought the test was a measure of their intellectual ability than when they thought it did not measure their intellectual ability

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