Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows.Marissa has heard her brother say that girls aren’t very good at riding bikes. She doesn’t try very hard to learn to ride her bike because she has heard other people say the same thing as her brother. Marissa is showing signs of _________.

Marissa has heard a stereotype that girls are poor at riding bikes, and that belief is affecting how much effort she puts into learning. This is stereotype vulnerability: being influenced by a negative stereotype about a group you belong to. The scenario does not involve her traits being inherited or a bias based on culture or socioeconomic status.

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