Researchers found that African-American adolescents performed poorly when they thought their abilities would be assessed, but performed as well as their European-American peers when the same test was presented as a nonevaluative exercise.Based on this result, what can be concluded with respect to cultural biases in IQ testing?

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The result indicates that the performance of African-American adolescents was influenced by the context in which the test was presented, suggesting that stereotype threat (the fear of confirming negative stereotypes about one's group) can indeed affect performance in testing situations.

Researchers Found That African-American Adolescents Performed Poorly When They Thought