PSY 101 Lecture 21: Intelligence (Cont. 2)
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Gender similarities and differences: greater variability: boys are overrepresented in the low extreme and the high extreme of the distribution, there are also gender differences in mean levels of mental abilities. Women are better spellers and are better in remembering locations of objects: men are better at spatial visualization, even when gender differences are found, there is always substantial overlap between the score distributions for men and women. Ethnic similarities and differences: differences in intelligence test scores are also found between ethnic groups. Stereotype threat: being at risk of personally confirming a negative stereotype about one"s group. Stereotype threat can create an apprehension leading to decreased performance on academic tasks. When reminded of negative stereotypes about their group, targets of those stereotypes: feel anxiety and self-doubt, show reductions in working memory capacity, underperform, relative to non-stereotyped others. Stereotype threat is most likely to depress female students" performance on a difficult.
