Question

Stereotype threat is more likely to affect those who are high achievers because high achievers are __________ than low achievers

Answer 1

These are the choices to the question:

A.

more likely to care about performance

B.

less likely to base self-esteem upon performance

C.

more likely to hear performance-based comments

D.

less likely to hear performance-based comments

From these, the answer is A

Answer 2

Stereotype threat is more likely to affect those who are high achievers because high achievers are prone to greater expectations than low achievers. Since expectations are bigger, whenever high achievers fail, they feel more unworthy of the expectation towards the people.