PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Meta-Analysis, White Noise, Stroop Effect
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Stereotype threat may help us understand group diff in tests. Some people are anxious in confronting their negative stereotypes and that influences their performance. What kind of situations lead to stereotype threat. Inzlicht & ben-zeev 2000: what types of situation evoke st: prospect of being outnumbered in a situation. So the relative representation of your group can make a difference. Group 2 same sex group (3 f). Group 3 majority (1 m vs. 2f: result: females in minority situations performed at less than 50% of their potential performance (in same sex situations). Males performance in minority is only a bit lower than in same sex situations. Blacks" performance did not really differ in either situation. Yeung & von hippel 2008: female driving ability: females reminded of stereotype trying to see why women are perceived as worse driver , in threat situation they did about than 40% worse. Gays: experimenters looked at non-verbal behavior that exist between men and children.
