Although Graham has not yet met his future college roommate, he learned that the roommate is a football player. He is anxious and unhappy about sharing his room with a football player because he expects that his roommate will be a
"party animal" who makes studying in his room difficult. Graham's attitude can be classified as
A) Stereotype Threat
B) Prejudice
C) Discrimination
D) Scapegoating
E) Fully Justified

The logic behind Graham's assumption is that every football player is disruptive to a study environment. Since Graham has not yet met his roommate, he is judging that person's character based only on assumed group membership.

Stereotype Threat occurs when a group is stereotyped in a negative manner, and people who are perceived as part of that group feel insecure and less capable of performing at their full potential.

Discrimination is the belief that people from a certain group should be treated differently merely for being part of that group.

Scapegoating is the habit of blaming a person or a group of people for something they did not do.

Assumptions are only justified when based on known and checked facts.