Taylor is the only girl on her baseball team. Today she will be playing in the championship game and is worried that she will not be able to play as well as she usually does because she was told that girls always do worse in the big games. What concept is being represented?

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Taylor is experiencing stereotype threat, which is the fear of confirming negative stereotypes about a group to which one belongs. In this case, the stereotype is that girls do worse in big games, and Taylor's fear of not living up to this stereotype could affect her performance.

Taylor Is the Only Girl on Her Baseball Team