PSYC12H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Intersectionality, Mexican Americans, Meritocracy
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Strong correlations between wealth and intelligence as determined by ses and sat scores for example. Some argue that test scores do not measure intelligence but rather familiarity with upper middle class culture than of her intelligence. Marginal literature on prejudice and discrimination on account of social class. Research indicates that those who are poor are perceived to be have poor intellectual ability, uneducated, unmotivated and irresponsible. In other words, poor are the victims of the a contemptuous prejudice that portrays them as unintelligent and lazy. In situations when they were told it was anon diagnostic test of ability, low ses performed as well as high ses students: high ses benefited from the diagnostic condition a lift condition. Research has also documented the psychological cost of stereotype threat beyond performance disturbance: higher text anxiety, lower confidence in their ability to perform and lower identification with academic domains.
