WWS 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Stereotype Threat, The Control Group, Asian Americans
12 Nov 2018
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Members of stigmatized groups know prejudice is out there. Who they affect is determined by the situation. Situational cues that increase salience of group membership (e. g. , token status) Identity safety -- convey stereotype does not apply in this situation. Incremental (as opposed to fixed) theory of intelligence. Under the right circumstances, the stereotype lift can help people who are positively stereotyped. Gave asian american females a math test. Iv: beforehand make gender or ethnicity salient (or no prime at all) Findings: when participants were reminded that they are asian, they did is/are the ethnicity/ethnicities of your roommates? better on the math test. When participants were reminded that they were female, they did the worst on the math test. Performance can be boosted as well as hurt when social identities are made salient. Positive stereotypes boost performance only when they remain. Replicated study just mentioned implicit in the situation.
