Add to ORKGAbstract Stereotype threat effects occur when members of a stigmatized group perform poorly on a task because they fear confirming a negative stereotype that is associated with their ingroup. The present study investigates whether the observed achievement gap in standardized testing between high- and low-socioeconomic status (SES) American students can be due, in part, to this phenomenon. Participants were placed in one of four conditions that varied in level of ‘‘threat’ ’ related to socioeconomic status. Results show that when socioeconomic identity is made salient before taking a test, or when the test is presented as diagnostic of intelli-gence, low-SES students perform significantly worse, and report much lower self-confidence, than lo...
Stereotype threat and evaluation apprehension have both been individually shown to affect performanc...
When test takers are aware that their group is negatively stereotyped in terms of ability in the dom...
Stereotype threat theory states that female and minority test-takers underperform on cognitive tests...
Each year, the pro le report issued by the College Board systematically reveals that Scholastic Asse...
Why do some groups of students score lower than do others on standardized tests? Stereotype threat t...
Social class and stereotype threat are two topics not often associated with one another. Stereotype ...
Each year, the pro le report issued by the College Board systematically reveals that Scholastic Asse...
There is abundant evidence that demonstrates that individuals’ intellectual performance is undermine...
Research demonstrates that members of stigmatized groups may underperform when stereotype threat is ...
As Black students become more invested in the outcome of standardized tests, stereotypes become sali...
This study investigated whether African American high school freshman students experience stereotype...
International audienceTwo studies tested whether students’ Socioeconomic Status (SES) and academic a...
Research demonstrates that the very existence of a negative stereotype (e.g., “boys are better than ...
Stereotypes and the process of stereotyping have received a great deal of attention from researchers...
157 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005.The Black White test score ga...
Stereotype threat and evaluation apprehension have both been individually shown to affect performanc...
When test takers are aware that their group is negatively stereotyped in terms of ability in the dom...
Stereotype threat theory states that female and minority test-takers underperform on cognitive tests...
Each year, the pro le report issued by the College Board systematically reveals that Scholastic Asse...
Why do some groups of students score lower than do others on standardized tests? Stereotype threat t...
Social class and stereotype threat are two topics not often associated with one another. Stereotype ...
Each year, the pro le report issued by the College Board systematically reveals that Scholastic Asse...
There is abundant evidence that demonstrates that individuals’ intellectual performance is undermine...
Research demonstrates that members of stigmatized groups may underperform when stereotype threat is ...
As Black students become more invested in the outcome of standardized tests, stereotypes become sali...
This study investigated whether African American high school freshman students experience stereotype...
International audienceTwo studies tested whether students’ Socioeconomic Status (SES) and academic a...
Research demonstrates that the very existence of a negative stereotype (e.g., “boys are better than ...
Stereotypes and the process of stereotyping have received a great deal of attention from researchers...
157 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005.The Black White test score ga...
Stereotype threat and evaluation apprehension have both been individually shown to affect performanc...
When test takers are aware that their group is negatively stereotyped in terms of ability in the dom...
Stereotype threat theory states that female and minority test-takers underperform on cognitive tests...