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Title: Jackson is a former member of a street gang. He has recently started attending c Post by: Desolo on Jul 8, 2014 Jackson is a former member of a street gang. He has recently started attending classes at a local community college, has made new friends who don't know about his former gang membership, and is spending time with a girl from an upper-middle-class background. Jackson heard his new friends and his girlfriend make several snide comments about gang members shortly before he took a test in one of the classes he shares with his new friends. In the light of the stereotype threat idea, this situation may cause Jackson to ________.
A) perform better on the test than he otherwise might have B) perform worse on the test than he otherwise might have C) drop out of college and return to his old street life D) become prejudiced against his new friends and his girlfriend E) regret that he's never mentioned his former gang membership to his new friends Title: Re: Jackson is a former member of a street gang. He has recently started attending c Post by: ThePsychic on Aug 24, 2014 Content hidden
Title: Re: Jackson is a former member of a street gang. He has recently started attending c Post by: Desolo on Aug 27, 2014 Thanks for taking the time to find the right answer. This is going to help with my final exam review.
Title: Re: Jackson is a former member of a street gang. He has recently started attending c Post by: ThePsychic on Aug 27, 2014 Great, I'm glad it worked out.
Bye for now... Title: Re: Jackson is a former member of a street gang. He has recently started attending c Post by: purinemakhubu on May 12, 2015 Jackson is a former member of a street gang. He has recently started attending classes at a local community college, has made new friends who don't know about his former gang membership, and is spending time with a girl from an upper-middle-class background. Jackson heard his new friends and his girlfriend make several snide comments about gang members shortly before he took a test in one of the classes he shares with his new friends. In the light of the stereotype threat idea, this situation may cause Jackson to ________. A) perform better on the test than he otherwise might have B) perform worse on the test than he otherwise might have C) drop out of college and return to his old street life D) become prejudiced against his new friends and his girlfriend E) regret that he's never mentioned his former gang membership to his new friends |