PSY100H1 Study Guide - Stereotype Threat, Psychological Intervention, Family-Wise Error Rate
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Stereotype threat: chapter 18: an identity threat perspective on. An understanding of identity threat psychological threat arising from possible devaluation of one"s group led to successful interventions that close the achievement gap in schools, a pervasive social problem in the u. s. Interventions include invoking high performance standards, encouraging optimistic interpretations of adversity and buttressing students" sense of self-integrity and belonging. All interventions tested using randomized field experiments that assessed outcomes over long periods of time sometimes years. Interventions lead to positive academic trajectories for ethnic minority students and women in science and advanced a theoretical understanding of how identity threat compounds over time though recursive feedback loops. B/c of the self-reinforcing nature of recursive cycles, subtle but well timed interventions can have effects that appear disproportionate to their size and duration. Making the jump from lab to field from theory to application can bring to light new theoretical principles related to psychological processes and intervention itself.
