Suppose That Ramón Is a Latino College Student Who Is

question 82

Multiple Choice

Suppose that Ramón is a Latino college student who is taking a course in engineering. He is about to take the first exam in this course. He looks around the room and notices that he appears to be the only Latino student in the class. Ramón is likely to experience

• A) functional fixedness.
• B) bottom-up processing.
• C) stereotype threat.
• D) intrinsic motivation.

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