People vary in how likely they are to expect that others will stereotype them. This is called
A) defensive pessimism.
B) suspension of judgment.
C) stigma consciousness.
D) stereotype threat.

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Stigma consciousness is the awareness and expectation of being stereotyped or potentially stigmatized based on one's membership in a certain group. Defensive pessimism refers to a cognitive strategy of imagining negative outcomes to prepare for them, suspension of judgment means withholding or delaying forming an opinion, and stereotype threat is the fear or anxiety of confirming a negative stereotype about one's social group.

People Vary in How Likely They Are to Expect That