In a study by Steele and Aronson (1995)demonstrating the effects of stereotype threat,African-American students performed
A) better on a verbal section of the Graduate Record Exam when race was made salient.
B) better on a verbal section of the Graduate Record Exam when they thought the test was diagnostic of intellectual abilities.
C) worse on a verbal section of the Graduate Record Exam when race was made salient.
D) worse on a verbal section of the Graduate Record Exam when they were threatened with a punishment for every wrong answer.

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The study found that African-American students performed worse on a verbal section of the Graduate Record Exam when race was made salient, demonstrating the effects of stereotype threat. This suggests that the awareness of negative stereotypes about their racial group negatively impacted their performance on the test.

In a Study by Steele and Aronson (1995)demonstrating the Effects