is a psychological experience of a person who, when engaged in a task, is aware of a stereotype about his or her identity group suggesting he or she will not perform well on that task.

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Layla Pierce

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22 April, 17:06

is a psychological experience of a person who, when engaged in a task, is aware of a stereotype about his or her identity group suggesting he or she will not perform well on that task.

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Zimmerman · Answer 1

Stereotype Threat

Explanation:

Negative stereotypes about stigmatized individuals can produce a stereotype threat in them while they are doing a certain or a variety of tasks that they could not perform well due to the stereotype awareness related to this task.

There are some common causes of this performance impair such as physiological stress, performance active monitoring and an active effort to suppress negative thoughts about the stereotype threat.