PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Stereotype Threat, Implicit Stereotype, Ventral Anterior Nucleus
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Chapter 3: an integration of processes that underlie stereotype threat. Anxiety and negative stereotype activation are not the only explanation for stereotype threat, involve both cognitive & affective components. Stereotype threat: a concern that one might unintentionally confirm an unwanted belief about one"s group: automatic activation of threat. Stereotype threat can affect thoughts/behaviors outside our awareness. People also become more vigilant to signs of threat in their own env: explicit efforts to manage the situation & one"s response. Stereotype threat increases arousal in a way that can facilitate a dominant response but that dominant response is not always best to reach success. Stereotype threat can increase motivation but decrease performance, especially when it requires complex task. This might be because stereotype threat taxes working mem capacity. Working memory: short-term memory system involved in control, regulation and active maintenance of a limited amount of info with the task at hand.
