Stereotype threat can lead to overestimation of the prevalence of age-related hearing decline. It can also serve as a confounding variable when examining the psychosocial correlates of hearing loss. Because of this, researchers studying age-related hearing loss should aim to provide a stereotype ...
directly affected by a student’s racial background and the structure of opportunity encountered. Stereotype Threat (Steele & Aronson) Two components Domain identification Negative racial experiences and negative stereotypes Stereotype threat can lead to: Academic underperformance Dis-identification From “...
For example, when someone is taking a difficult test, stereotype threat can prevent them from focusing on the test and giving it their full attention—which may lead them to receive a lower score than they would have without distractions. This phenomenon is thought to be situation specific: p...
For example, just having to write down one's gender or race on the exam on the first page, or being clearly in the minority of one's sex within a group provokes saliency of the stereotype that can lead to stereotype threat. Secondly, stereotype threat impairs performance on tasks that ...
Participants who completed the overlapping characteristics task before receiving the threat completed significantly more math questions correctly than participants in the baseline and threat conditions. The findings support the idea that interventions designed to reduce intergroup bias can be applied ...
Stereotype threat involves the process of coping with the overall threat being exhibited. As stated by Inzlicht and Kang, if the coping mechanisms for this threat are not met then it can lead to stress which will in turn cause stereotype threat spill over. Since stereotype threat is unlimited...
adults are susceptible to the performance-impairing effects of stereotype threat (Abrams et al.2006). Although the majority of stereotype threat research has examined performance decrements, a smaller body of research demonstrates stereotype threat can lead people to disengage from domains in which ...
well. Children in the control group did not receive any kind of threat. They answered questions concerning their favorite drink and meal. Following Nguyen and Ryan (2008), the implicit induction of threat can be classified as subtle and the explicit induction as blatant obvious. Each experimental...
•Implicitattitudeisanattitudethatcanruboffon associatedobjects—powerfulattitudessometimes hiddenfrompublicviewandconsciousawareness •Resultsof.implicit.harvard.edu--workof socialpsychologistsGreenwald,Banajietal. StereotypeThreat •Definitions--Stereotypesleadtosocial ...
Simply being in a situation where one can confirm a negative stereotype about one’s group—the women simply sitting down to the math test, for example, could be enough to cause this self-evaluative threat. But for several reasons, it should be most likely to interfere with test ...