Stereotype threat, according to Claude Steele, is the _____.Multiple choice question.tendency of people to achieve better performance on tests when exposed to negative stereotypes about the other social grouptendency of individuals to discriminate against minoritiestendency of minority group members to conform to negative stereotypes in an academic settingpossibility of minority group members confronting members of other groups about their stereotypes

Important features of stereotype threat include:Group of answer choicesStereotype threat most effects individuals who care about their performance in the threatened domain.Stereotype threat effects members of any group about which there are positive or negative stereotypes.All the above are correct.Stereotypes influence one's behavior only if one believes in the stereotype. PreviousNext

Social psychologist Claude Steele defines threat as obstacles to performance facing minority group members arising from awareness of society's beliefs and expectations regarding their group.

Engaging in negative or harmful actions toward a group of people or its members is called _____.A.prejudiceB.stereotypingC.discriminationD.superiority

Realistic conflict theory originally assumed that prejudice was primarily caused by an actual threat to one's personal welfare, but research indicates that it is more strongly triggered by ________________. Question 21Answera.a perceived threat to one's in-groupcross outb.stereotype threatcross outc.social identitycross outd.attributional distortions

A stereotype is _____.Multiple choice question.a negative (or positive) evaluation of an individual based on his or her group membershipan organized body of information stored in memory that biases the way new information is interpreted, stored, and recalleda generalization about a particular group that does not consider variation between individualsbehavior directed toward individuals on the basis of their membership in a particular group