PSY322H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Individuation, Miniature Golf, Stereotype Threat
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Anything one does or any of one"s features that conform to a stereotype lend weight to the stereotype. Stereotype threat the threat of possibly being judged and threated stereotypically, or of possibility self-fulfilling such a stereotype. Ironic the threat interferes the very stereotype in such a way that you confirm the very stereotype you were afraid of confirming in the first place. Focus on academic achievement discrepancies between black and white students. When black and white students started attending schools together. Black students perform better on an iq test when: they believe their performance will be compared when other black students as opposed to other white students. One way for stigmatized groups to feel better about themselves is to compare with their own in-group: test is framed as a test of hand-eye co0ordination. Limitations: no white group: steele and aronson (1995) Can academic discrepancies between black and white students be made to appear and disappear by manipulating g st.
