Which of the Following Provides Evidence of Stereotype Threat

question 103

Multiple Choice

Which of the following provides evidence of stereotype threat?

• A) IQ scores do not accurately predict income.
• B) People work harder on tasks when they are rewarded for successes than they do when they are punished for failures.
• C) When intelligence tests are culturally biased (e.g., when they include examples that are only known to particular cultural groups), they tend to reinforce race-based stereotypes about intelligence.
• D) Women perform worse than men on math tests when they believe that the test produces gender bias, but they perform the same as men when they believe that the test produces no gender differences.

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Definitions:

Confounded

Mixed or muddled feelings or situations where the cause and effect become unclear or complicated.

Independent Variable

In an experimental setting, the variable that is manipulated or changed to observe its effect on a dependent variable.

Decision-making Experiment

An experimental setup designed to understand how individuals make choices under various conditions.

Experimental Method

A scientific procedure undertaken to discover information or to test a hypothesis by varying conditions and observing the outcomes.