Before her engineering exam, tessa was having a conversation with a male classmate about feeling nervous about the test. in response, he commented, "no one will fault you if you don’t do well on the exam. everyone knows that men are better at math and engineering than women are." according to the findings of sociological research about gender stereotypes, after hearing this comment, tessa will be more likely to

show poor performance in exam

Explanation: Gender stereotypes according to the social research is unfair ideas that are created for community of people based on gender.These thought also raise the situation of gender differences. Gender stereotypes often lead to mistaken thinking about any particular gender.

The situation mentioned in the question is also about the gender stereotype where the false belief of only men can perform better in  engineering and math fields is described. It will decrease the confidence of Tessa due to this thought and thus, she will tend to perform poor in the exam.

Perform poorly on the exam.  

Explanation:

A gender stereo-type is an attribute or a characteristic that has gender pre-conception and generalized and a role that is performed by a male or female. It has been dangerous when it control or limit the capacities of a particular gender. The negative stereo-type can be harmful hos-tile and negative. There is the best illustration of the marital ra-pe that has been declaring as the woman is the property of a man so he can do anything. There are so many differences between the male and female. But at some extent is that been a stereo-type in some profession, roles, and duties.  

parable of the tares

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