PSYCH355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Stereotype Threat, Racial Profiling, Ingroups And Outgroups

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH355
• Professor: Hilary B Bergsieker

Document Summary

Concern that own behavior will fulfill negative stereotype of group in a specific. Stereotype that blacks/latinos are expected to fail in academics. Diagnostic of ability; testing your ability/evaluative task or not diagnostic. If they preform poorly, people will attribute failure to entire group. When under situation of threat, stereotype made salient, minorities will (mental excersise) preform poorly on verbal test they have same sat scores prior. When presenting test as diagnostic, blacks preform lower than whites even if. Study: white"s anticipated having conversation with 2 other people [either black or white] P"s polaroid photo laid in middle between 2 p"s. Conversation topic may induce threat ie. racial profiling [anxiety producing topic for whites in front of racial] P"s asked to lay out 3 chairs to prepare for other 2 p"s. Learning goals condition decreased physical distance of chairs when paired with black partners.