PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Stereotype Threat, Twin, The Bell Curve
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Stereotype threat: fear of being reduced to a stereotype. Major & o"brien, 2005: stereotype threat stereotype of my group relates to collective representations. Black-white iq distribution: graphs largely overlap groups are more similar that different, average for blacks: 90:: for white: 100, 10 point difference between the two groups. Tests are aimed toward whites; items may reflect dominant cultural knowledge and less exposed. Ses: nutrition, deprivation, genetics?, less education, access to resources, cultural values, concept of stress and economic hardship. Parents usually same environmental factors that they were exposed to: comparison between different types of twins and same or different environments, identical twin iq (100%~) more highly related than fraternal twins. Possible that identical twins are treated more similarly. Even reared apart is highly related: but those who adopt have similarly high backgrounds. Interaction between nature and nurture: whether something will be allowed to flower to its full potential is due to environment.
