Carol is standing and talking with colleagues when someone begins talking about a friend who they say is "overweight and lazy." Carol (who is obese) begins to feel that she is being evaluated for her laziness in this conversation. Carol is experiencing __________.
A) performance ambivalence
B) social identity threat
C) stereotypic anxiety
D) evaluation apprehension

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Carol is experiencing social identity threat because the conversation is potentially threatening her self-concept as an obese person by equating obesity with laziness.

Carol Is Standing and Talking with Colleagues When Someone Begins