Lisa is an excellent student who always studies hard and has a good grasp of the concepts taught during her mathematics classes.However,Lisa is also aware that there is a stereotype associated with females being poor at mathematics.As such,she always gets very nervous whenever she is asked to answer a question in class.This is an example of

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This scenario describes stereotype threat, which is the fear of confirming a negative stereotype about a particular social group to which one belongs. In this case, Lisa's fear of confirming the stereotype that females are poor at mathematics causes her to become nervous when called upon to answer a question in class. There is no evidence in this scenario to suggest that sexism or social anxiety is involved.

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