Recall that Steele and Aronson (1995)showed that black participants performed relatively poorly on a test when they were led to believe it was a particularly good measure of intellectual ability.This finding can be explained by

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The finding can be explained by stereotype threat, which refers to the phenomenon where individuals of a particular group (in this case, black participants) perform poorly on tasks or tests when they are aware of negative stereotypes associated with their group. In this case, the belief that the test was a good measure of intellectual ability may have activated the stereotype that blacks are intellectually inferior, leading to reduced performance.

Recall That Steele and Aronson (1995)showed That Black Participants Performed