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PSYCHOLOGY

Iris has been ahead of her classmates for as long as she has been in school. Lately, her classmates have started making fun of her for being a “t3acher’s p3t,” and they mock her whenever she raises her hand to answer a question. Iris is most likely being negatively stereotyped as being __________. A. mentally r3tarded B. normal C. intellectually disabled D. gifted (Im sorry my psych class is outdated I know no one uses this term anymore!)

User Hyunsuk
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Answer: Answer is gifted

Explanation: D :)

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Iris is most likely being negatively stereotyped as being gifted.

Option D

Step-by-step explanation:

Many students who have proven to be gifted intellectually are likely to face struggle and negative feedback from their classmates. This is generally because they believe that the gifted student will get special treatment above the other student. Furthermore, it is evident that gifted students are likely to have different interests than their peers or much deeper knowledge of the common interest. They use terms which peers might not understand, barring them from having an effective conversation.

To maintain a balance in the class, teacher's are trained in a specific field in which they learn how to treat all the students equally, gifted or not. That helps reverse the negative stereotype or bring it down to a minimal level. As for students interacting with each other, several activities are put to place to encourage healthy interactions.

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