PSYCH 3CD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stereotype Threat, The Control Group
16 Dec 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Method: recruited 50% white and 50% black subjects from stanford university either threatened them or not. Threat (no task vs. evaluation of ability vs. no evaluation of ability: dvs. Word completions tells us what"s going on unconsciously or consciously in people"s minds. Word completions: bl --- (black, blink, r - -e (race, rake, sl - - e (slave, slake) Disidentification with stigmatized group: direct test of distraction. Instructions: no threat: test of working memory capacity, vs. Working memory capacity: women showed poor working memory capacity under threat (no difference when not under threat) Measure arousal on line" as they are doing the task. Misattribution of arousal ben ziev et al: method. Recruited women who had very high quantitative sat scores, have them come into the lab and do very difficult math questions. Task partners: no threat: women present, threat: men present. Arousal source explanation: control vs. misattribution.
