Consider the following findings.Women perform relatively poorly on math tests when gender is made salient and white men perform relatively poorly on athletic tasks when they think they are related to "natural ability." To which of the following concepts are both of these findings related?
A) the jigsaw classroom
B) perceived outgroup homogeneity
C) scapegoating
D) stereotype threat

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Both of these findings are related to stereotype threat, which is the phenomenon where individuals perform worse on tasks when they are aware of negative stereotypes associated with their group. In the case of women and math tests, the stereotype is that women are not as good at math as men, so when gender is made salient, women may feel anxious and perform worse. In the case of white men and athletic tasks, the stereotype is that natural ability (which is often associated with athleticism) is something that is more common in non-white individuals, so white men may also feel anxious and perform worse when they believe that their success is based on natural ability.

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