PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Sat, J. P. Guilford, Divergent Thinking

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Doug Mc Cann

Document Summary

Steele and aronson report on a series of 4 studies that tested various aspects of. Steele"s theory about the ramifications of stereotype vulnerability. Purpose: to test the hypothesis that raising the threat of stereotype vulnerability would have a negative impact on black students" performance on a mental ability test. 114 black and white participants of stanford university: both groups of students were well above average in academic ability as evidenced by their mean scores on the verbal subtest of the scholastic aptitude. Test (sat: study compared black and white students with high and roughly equal ability ad preparation based on their sat scores, to rule out cultural disadvantage as a factor. Participants were asked to take a challenging, 30-min test of verbal ability comprising items from the verbal subtest of the graduate record exam (gre: in one condition, the issue of stereotype vulnerability was not made salient.