PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Stereotype Threat, Working Memory, Executive Functions
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Stereotype threat as situational (related to poor environments) Other stereotypes: women not being as good as men in math and sciences, time magazine"s the math myth, barbie"s math class is tough , inzlicht & ben-zeev, 2007. What type of situation evokes stereotype threat: e. g. Women underperform when they are in the minority and when taking a math test. Compared with verbal test: women did not underperform. When in a minority, you"re more likely to realize that you"re part of the minority. Minority + domain when your group is stereotyped negatively = stereotype threat: white men can"t jump, stone et al. , 1999. Mini golf; stereotype: whites have less athletic ability than blacks. Results: both black and white people choke in the natural ability condition, whites did the worst, women as not good drivers, yeung & von hippel, 2008. Ursula burns, ceo of xerox: take note of the concept of being challenged by stereotype threat, concept of the leaky pipeline.
