PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Stereotype Threat, Working Memory, Self-Control
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Women, 60 % of the time when women are reminded of stereotypes they hit pedestrians. There are stereotypes that gay men and pedophiles, among people they say that you should not trust gay men with children. When these men were primed with stereotype they acted more reserved, they weren"t very warm with the children. What they find is that the reminder of your poverty can affect your performance on an iq test. There is a finding that females underperform on the negotiating table. Not many ceos of large corporation are women. One of them we wonder if it could be because of stereotype threats. We though that its because women aren"t very good negotiaters. We find that women are more shy when it comes to that. Again it is when stereotypes are activated that these women underperform . Majority group people aren"t really doing anything, they aren"t telling them that they suck and.
