Carmen is taking an advanced math test and feels she will not perform well because she knows the negative stereotypes about women's abilities in mathematics.This feeling has been labelled as
A)eugenics.
B)entity theory.
C)incremental theory.
D)stereotype threat.

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Carmen's feeling is an example of stereotype threat, which is defined as the risk of confirmation of a negative stereotype about one's group leading to reduced performance. The other options (eugenics, entity theory, incremental theory) do not accurately describe Carmen's situation.

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