PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Stereotype Threat, Driving Simulator, Executive Functions
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Group differences are real: there are differences between men and women in achievements in math and etc. Environment and genetics can contribute, but something in the environment most likely makes the participant nervous and causes them to impair their performance. Stereotypes about women in math, science and engineering. Pressure is not real, it"s all in the woman"s head. Worried about how she"s going to perceived along stereotypical lines. Bad way to learn if head is done: represents the fact that she will not be listening to the prof and paying attention. Prospect of being outnumbered leads to stereotype threat. When a woman is alone, she thinks of what makes her unique from the crowd she"s in . I"m a woman and there are stereotypes of women being bad in math, others are probably thinking this so i need to prove them wrong. Must be aware of the existence of the stereotype.
