PSY 171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Influence Of Mass Media, Peer Pressure, Cultivation Theory
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Achievement, cont"d: native americans, african americans, latino tend to perform worse on standardized tests vs. caucasian, asian classmates. Herrnstein & murray: intelligence differences are genetic . Minorities tend to show disproportionate presentation in lower ses. After controlling for ses, african americans & latinos still do worse: different emphasis on learning across cultures disproven, cultural bias of standardized tests often written by white people. Whoever is most similar to testmaker will often perform better: ethnic variation in parenting. European moms tend to provide more positive encouragement v. Acute peer pressure for african american & latinos to perform worse in school: stereotype threat: fear of confirming negative stereotype related to one"s ethnic group paradoxically makes you perform worse. Stereotype arousal anxiety performance disruption. Influence of tv: tv isn"t bad, what is bad is parent not spending quality time with kid, as long as tv viewing isn"t excessive, kids show no cognitive/academic deficiencies. Tend to learn from tv some shows promote cognitive.
