PSYC12H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Psychological Intervention, Sympathetic Nervous System, Stereotype Threat
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Chapter 18 an identity threat perspective on intervention. Kurt levin said that understanding the processes underlying a problem can help us to remedy it: also said one of the best ways to understand a phenomenon is by trying to change it. Identity threat psychological threat arising from possible devalution of one"s group lead to successful interventions that closed the achievement gap in schools, pervasive social problem in the us. Interventions include invoking high performance standards, encouraging optimistic interpretations of adversity and buttressing student"s sense of self-integrity and belonging. Lead to positive academic trajectories for ethnic minority students in general and female students in science. Also advanced a theoretical understanding of how identity threat compounds over time through recursive feedback loops. Research shows how making the jump from lab to field from theory to application can bring to light new theoretical principles related to psychological processes and interventions itself.