Taylor is the only girl on her baseball team. Today she will be playing in the championship game and is worried that she will "choke" (not be able to play as well as she usually does) because she was told that girls always "choke" in the big games. What concept is being represented?
A) between-group heritability
B) confirmation bias
C) stereotype threat
D) test bias

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Stereotype threat is the concept being represented, which is the fear of confirming a negative stereotype about one's group that can affect performance. In this case, Taylor is worried that she will choke because she has been told that girls always choke in big games.

Taylor Is the Only Girl on Her Baseball Team