In a study of African Americans at Stanford University who had scored very high on the SAT verbal subtest,half were told they would take a test that would predict their verbal ability and the other half took the same test but did not hear the test was predictive.Those who heard the predictive statement did worse than those who did not.This is likely to due to

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The phenomenon described in the scenario is known as stereotype threat, which refers to the negative impact of stereotypes on the performance of individuals from stereotyped groups. In this case, the verbal ability of African Americans may have been undermined by the belief that they were less capable in this area, induced by the statement that the test would predict their ability. Negative personal control, internal attributions, and implicit social beliefs do not fully capture the specifics of this effect.

In a Study of African Americans at Stanford University Who