The answer to your question is D
Answer: Stereotype threat
Explanation:
Stereotype threat is defined as unpleasant circumstance for a person who feels that they would have to follows or will be bounded by the stereotypes of their social group.
According to the question, Courtney's performance can be disturbed due to stereotype threat because she knows that it is considered that girls are not good at science and math as compared to boys socially. Therefrom, she might end up believing this stereotype and not perform well in physics class.
She looks down upon it.
In _A Raisin in the Sun_ by Lorraine Hansberry, Walter
Younger has a plan to open up a liquor store.
Normally, a parent would support a child’s ambitions, but in the
instance of Walter Younger this is not the case. His mother Lena Younger opposes his opening
of a liquor store because she is morally opposed to the drinking of alcohol and
looks down upon it and what it can lead to.
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Flashbacks provide background information on the character's past to help the reader understand why said character is acting a certain way.
