PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Stereotype Threat, Achievement Gap In The United States, Gender Role
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Stereotype threat chapter 1: introduction stereotype threat seeks to identify how factors in the immediate performance situation contribute to if not create the appearance of systematic differences in ability. Interest in these effects is not restricted to academic circles but has gained broad recognition in popular press with applications beyond education to intergroup interactions, organizational behavior and clinical diagnoses. Countries around the world have schools and factories with a mixture of ethnicies, races, genders and religious affiliations. This is enhanced by technological advances that enable global communication, collaboration and education. Many countries have come to embrace human rights and egalitarian principles of equal opportunity extended to each and every member of that society. With increases in academic and economic opportunity came the promise of greater intergroup harmony and elimination of group disparities in academic performance, career opportunities and levels of advancement: promise has not been met.
