Suppose that students were given two tests.Before the tests,students were told that men usually do better than women do on test A but not on test B.Which set of results would be predicted by the literature on stereotype threats?
A)Women performed more poorly than men did on both tests.
B)Women performed better than men did on test A but more poorly than men did on test B.
C)Women performed better than men did on both tests.
D)Women performed more poorly than men did on test A but did just as well as men did on test B.

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This is the predicted result of stereotype threat, where women perform more poorly on the test where they are told that men perform better than women (test A), but perform equally as well as men on the test where there is no stereotype threat (test B).

Suppose That Students Were Given Two Tests