PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Stereotype Threat, Miniature Golf, Minority Group
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Just need the target to be aware of the. Study 1 stereotype and to be nerved about it. Mixed-majority (control): 1 male vs. 2 females. As the number of males present increases, the worse women performed on the math test. Proportion of in-group and out-group members in an environment can affect intellectual performance. Small, seemingly harmless changes can have big impact on intellectual performance. Minority environments are only harmful to stigmatized groups operating in stereotyped domains. Method: black vs. white subjects playing mini golf, either told that this measures (1) natural ability or (2) nothing (control, dv: number of stroke (lower strokes = better performance. Results: blacks do better in the natural ability group: same results found when testing with basketball free throws! Method: tested female driving performance in a virtual simulator in (1) threat vs. (2) non- threat conditions: dv: number of pedestrians hit.
