PSY323H1 Lecture Notes - Grammatical Gender, Ap Calculus, Stereotype Threat
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Lecture 7- obstacles to gender non-conformity9/27/12 4:01 pm: essay due on december 4th at 5pm- drop it to prof or psych office on 4th floor, model backlash- next class, rudman & fairchild (2004) The threat of backlash towards deviants might cause defensive reaction . Too few instances, and it is easy to subtype instead of updating gender stereotypes. It is difficult to become a gender vanguard because of all of the pressures to conform. Told that the test measured general intelligence . Told it was a exercise to test problem solving . Making the test non-diagnostic should reduce feelings of threat: when it was not framed as an intelligence test there was no significant difference, when they framed it as testing intelligence, the blacks underperformed. Nobody is immune to this perceived pressure making us underperform: knowing that stereotypes may be relevant leads to anxiety and stress.
