Steele and Aronson (1995)report That When Black Students Were Asked

question 14

Multiple Choice

Steele and Aronson (1995) report that when black students were asked to record their race on a demographic questionnaire before taking a standardized test,what happened?

• A)They performed significantly worse compared to black students who were not primed to think about their race before taking the test.
• B)When the exam was presented as a measure of intellectual ability,black students performed worse than white students.
• C)When the same test was presented as unrelated to intellectual ability,the detrimental effects of the stereotype threat disappeared.
• D)All of the above