Identify the Important Features of Stereotype Threat

question 21

Multiple Choice

Identify the important features of stereotype threat.

• A) Stereotypes influence one's behavior only if one believes in the stereotype.
• B) Stereotype threat affects the members of any group for whom there are positive or negative stereotypes.
• C) Stereotype threat mostly affects individuals who care about their performance in the threatened domain.
• D) All of these answers are correct.

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Definitions:

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

The way a person behaves based on pre-existing expectations about another person or situation so as to create an outcome that is aligned with those expectations.

Impression Management

The process by which individuals attempt to control the perceptions others have of them.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to underestimate the influence of external factors and overestimate the impact of internal factors when making judgments about the behavior of others.

Self-Serving Bias

The tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors and put the blame for failures on external factors.