Taylor is the only girl on her baseball team. today she will be playing in the championship game and is worried that she will "choke" (not be able to play as well as she usually does) because she was told that girls always "choke" in the big games. what concept is being represented?

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Valentin Scott

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5 January, 05:02

Taylor is the only girl on her baseball team. today she will be playing in the championship game and is worried that she will "choke" (not be able to play as well as she usually does) because she was told that girls always "choke" in the big games. what concept is being represented?

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The correct answer is stereotype threat. This is defined as a situational predicament by which they are likely to feel that they are at risk of having to conform to stereotypes in regards about one’s social group. It could be seen in the scenario above.