Larry wants to see whether he can influence his students' test scores.When he gives his students their English test,he says,"Tall students tend to perform worse than short students
On this test." Indeed,the tall students do get lower scores on the test.These results provide
Support for the existence of
A) crystallized intelligence.
B) stereotype threat.
C) fluid intelligence.
D) test validity.

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The phenomenon described is stereotype threat, where individuals perform worse on tasks when they are aware of stereotypes suggesting they should perform poorly based on some aspect of their identity, in this case, height.

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