PSY-PC 2550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Stereotype Threat, Social Capital, Cultural Capital

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Psychology and Human Development
• Course: PSY-PC 2550
• Professor: Wadsworth Leigh

Document Summary

Unrelated to iq, can be done outside of school s. Ex: making the team, defined by the individual. Idea that we want to succeed and do well - different from wanting to pass a course or gpa. Fear of failure - less likely to want to push yourself, can increase anxiety, takes over while studying and snowballs. Appropriate fear of failure might be able to motivate us in a positive way - leads to studying. Feedback from others, expectations from others or yourself. May lead to less engagement in asking for help - emotional cycle of fear of failure. Underachievers - not performing to their potential for an unspecified reason. Shift in priorities or focus - don"t care. Teacher needs to find what motivates this student to bring them up to their actual performance levels. Purposefully doing something to make you not do well.