Recall That Steele and Aronson (1995)showed That Black Participants Performed

question 35

Multiple Choice

Recall that Steele and Aronson (1995) showed that black participants performed relatively poorly on a test when they were led to believe it was a particularly good measure of intellectual ability.This finding can be explained by

• A) illusory correlation.
• B) attributional ambiguity.
• C) stereotype threat.
• D) paired distinctiveness.

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