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Stereotype Threat and Survey Response Bias
Stereotype threat is the threat of confirming a negative stereotype about a group with which a person identifies. Researchers have found that stereotype threat can result in underperformance in multiple domains, shifts in social behavior, and shifts in assessed implicit attitudes, the likelihood of …
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Stereotype Threat: A Proposed Process Model on the Impact of Stereotype Threat on Self-Efficacy and Minority Performance
… achievement gap. This document explored how stereotype threat impacts self-efficacy and minority academic performance and implications for cultural mistrust, imposter phenomenon, and self-fulfilling prophecies. All these factors have the propensity to place minority individuals at risk for …
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Stereotype threat in India: Gender and leadership choices
Stereotype threat is a psychosocial dilemma experienced by members of a negatively stereotyped group in situations where they fear they may confirm the stereotype. This study examined the phenomenon in India, thereby extending previous research to another culture. In addition, with participation by …
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The Role of Stereotype Threat in Mental Rotation
… to females. This paper examined the role of stereotype threat in a mental rotation task. Particularly, the research study focused on gender stereotype threat in female college students. The study was completed in a two part design with students completing two mental rotation task in a group …
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The effects of social-exclusion inducing stereotype threat
<p>Stereotype threat occurs when one may feel as if they are confirming or representing a selfcharacteristic or a negative stereotype of one’s group. Social exclusion has been shown to threaten the need to belong. Both stereotype threat and social exclusion have many common links: Each affects an …
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The effects of labeling and stereotype threat on offender reintegration
… reintegration efforts. Often, offenders are stereotyped and face community exclusion due to their criminal record. Much of the literature on reintegration has focused on the way in which society stereotypes offenders, but not how offenders interpret and internalize these stereotypes. This …
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Sticks, stones, & stigmas: A social-cognitive account of stereotype threat mechanisms
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Exploring Social Identity Complexity and the Possible Impact on Stereotype Threat
<p>Stereotype threat is the fear of confirming as self-characteristic, a negative stereotype associated with a specific social identity that can hinder performance (Steele & Aronson, 1995). It is hypothesized that one way to protect against stereotype threat is to increase the availability of …
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Are there handedness differences in response to ambiguity and stereotype threat?
… handedness influenced responses to ambiguity and stereotype threat. This was examined through two studies, the first examining handedness and ambiguity, and the second examining handedness and stereotype threat. In both studies, hand direction and strength were recorded using two versions of the …
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Gender differences in self-concept consistency and career choices under stereotype threat
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Investigating Stereotype Threat as a Source of Black/White Differential Item Functioning
… Claude Steele's social-psychological theory on stereotype threat and its role in test score variation, the purpose of this study is to investigate whether stereotype threat is a potential source of differential item functioning (DIF). Additionally, this study examines cognitive engagement and …
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The Influence of Stereotype Threat on Prospective Memory in Middle to Late Adulthood
… memory performance under conditions of stereotype threat, stereotype boost, and a neutral condition was also examined. Stereotype threat occurs when individuals fear their behavior will confirm a negative opinion regarding one’s in-group. Older adults completed fewer prospective memory …
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Stereotype Threat and Women Leaders’ Performance: The Moderating Role of Positive Gender Identity
… than women, resulting in women leaders facing stereotype-based expectations. Being in a situation where the stereotype about women applies (i.e., leadership) has been found to be an antecedent to experiencing stereotype threat—the psychological threat of validating a stereotype about the …
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The Behavioural Effects of Perspective-Taking: The Influence of Group Membership and Stereotype Threat
… the perspective-taker (in line with the target stereotype). However, three experiments presented in this thesis suggest that this is not always the case when perspective-taker and target belong to different stereotyped groups. Focusing on the stereotype of women and maths, Experiment 1 found …
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Stereotype threat and Black women's math performance: Do racial identity and experimenter race matter?
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