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51. On the SAT verbal section, _______ students currently score the lowest, although the gap has been steadily closing in recent years. a. Mexican-American b. African-American c. white d. Asian-American 52. Which of the following is/are reasons why minority students perform more poorly than other students on tests like the SAT? a. Most minority students have not taken calculus in high school. b. Items on the tests often contain language that is open to interpretation based on one’s cultural background. c. Group differences occur because of the stereotype threat. d. All of these are reasons. 53. The term ________ refers to the anxiety produced when a situation threatens to confirm a negative belief about a group of people. a. stereotype threat b. cultural biased anxiety c. cognitive dissonance d. discrimination anxiety 54. Jorenda is a black teenager, who has a straight-A average in all of her high school courses. She is about to take the SAT. Jorenda has read that African-American teens do not perform as well as white teens on this test. The anxiety that Jorenda feels regarding her upcoming performance on the SAT is called a. stereotype threat. b. cultural biased anxiety. c. cognitive dissonance. d. discrimination anxiety. 55. Academically-comparable African-American and white students completed a test composed of verbal SAT questions. Experimenters told half of the students in each group that scores would indicate their ability, while the other half were told that the test was just a laboratory problem-solving task, the African-American students ______ when told the task was unrelated to ability and the African-American students ______ when they were told they were taking an abilities test.               a. and white students did equally well; and the white students did equally worse b. and white students did equally well; did worse than the white students c. performed better than the white students; performed worse than the white students d. performed worse than the white students; performed better than the white students 56. Which of the following is/are TRUE regarding the stereotype threat? a. The term stereotype threat has been used to describe the anxiety produced when a situation threatens to confirm a negative stereotype. b. Decreased performance in the face of stereotype threat is not associated with becoming discouraged and giving up. c. Stereotype threat has been used to explain why women do more poorly on mathematical tests when they believe there is a gender difference in scores. d. All of these statements are true. 57. __________ can bring down performance on difficult tasks. a. Anxiety b. Increased effort c. Both anxiety and increased effort d. Neither anxiety nor increased effort can bring down performance if the student is well-prepared. 58. Research has shown that African-American students’ SAT scores often __________ their college grades.               a. over-predict b. under-predict c. accurately predict d. erratically predict 59. Which of the following is/are TRUE regarding teens and their families?               a. In the U.S., the majority of teens live in two-parent households. b. About four percent of all teen households with a parent also include one or more grandparents. c. No specific type of relationship is best for every teen, yet research shows that some types of relationships are associated with smoother journeys through adolescence. d. All of these statements are true. 60. The frequency of the conflicts between parents and teens is usually the greatest during _______ adolescence; the emotional intensity of the conflicts between parents and teens is greatest during _______ adolescence.              a. early; early b. middle; middle c. early; middle d. middle; early