Suppose That an African American Man Who Excels in Verbal

question 64

Multiple Choice

Suppose that an African American man who excels in verbal skills, which are very important to him, is taking a test that is much harder than he has taken in the past. The negative stereotype about African Americans is not signaled. According to Steele's (1997) notion of stereotype threat, we would expect this man to

• A) perform more poorly than his White counterparts.
• B) perform just as well as his White counterparts.
• C) perform better than his White counterparts.
• D) defensively feel that this test is relatively easy.

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Definitions:

Double-Blind Experiments

Double-Blind Experiments are studies where neither the participants nor the experimenters know who has been administered the treatment or the placebo, reducing biases.

Experimenter Bias

The influence of the experimenter’s expectations on the outcome of research.

Double-Blind Experiment

An experimental design in which neither the experimenter nor the participants are aware of which participants are in the experimental group and which are in the control group until the results are calculated.

Experimental Group

The participants in an experiment who receive the drug or other treatment under study—that is, those who are exposed to the change that the independent variable represents.