Cadinu et al. (2006) found support for the theory of stereotype threat that members of a group may underperform when they are told that a test assesses a skill their group is stereotypically poor at. They also found that the negative impact of a stereotype depends upon whether students ascribe their performance to internal factors such as personal motivation and skill (internal locus of control) versus external factors such as luck or someone else's behavior (external locus of control). Specifically, they found that "individuals with an Internal Locus of Control showed a sharper decrease in the stereotype threat condition compared to individuals with External Locus of Control beliefs". The researchers provided the following table:

Graph the results with threat levels on the X axis and levels of locus of control as separate lines. Hint: The table includes more information than is necessary for the 2 × 2 graph, although taking into consideration the standard deviations (SD) and sample sizes (n) is important for interpreting the results.

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Locus of Control Internal Threat No-Threat 3.00 1.63 13 5.33 1.30 12 SD External SD 4.65 1.93 17 4.59 1.54 17