GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE
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Question
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When the results of a test are impacted by a subject’s awareness of a generalized belief about their subgroup, they are said to experience ____
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peer pressure
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stereotype threat
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hostile test threat
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functional fixedness
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -For example, when female students are given a math exam and told that the exam is diagnostic of their own intellectual abilities, negative stereotypes of women as less capable mathematicians can actually negatively impact their performance on the exam.
Detailed explanation-2: -Stereotype threat refers to the risk of confirming negative stereotypes about an individual’s racial, ethnic, gender, or cultural group which can create high cognitive load and reduce academic focus and performance.
Detailed explanation-3: -A stereotypical idea of a type of person or thing is a fixed general idea that a lot of people have about it, that may be false in many cases.
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