PSYCH 3CD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stereotype Threat, The Control Group, Working Memory
10 Apr 2014
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Research on cognitions and emotions: method, recruited 50% white and 50% black subjects from stanford university either threatened them or not, ivs. Threat (no task vs. evaluation of ability vs. no evaluation of ability: dvs. Word completions tells us what"s going on unconsciously or consciously in people"s minds: stereotype activation (race-related words, self-doubt activation (esteem-related words) Disidentification with stigmatized group: direct test of distraction. Instructions: no threat: test of working memory capacity, vs. Measure arousal on line" as they are doing the task. Measure known correlates of arousal: misattribution of arousal ben ziev et al, method. Recruited women who had very high quantitative sat scores, have them come into the lab and do very difficult math questions. Ivs: task partners, no threat: women present, threat: men present, arousal source explanation, control vs. misattribution. Arousal: decreased performance by stigmatized groups reinforces negative stereotypes about them.
