sciam.com — People's performance on intellectual and athletic tasks is shaped by awareness of stereotypes about the groups to which they belong. New research explains why? and how we can break free from the expectations of others.
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Closed AccountApr 5, 2008
News From The Obvious?Of course molding ourselves to stereotype is the way to go. It's called "selling out", and it work pretty well for advancement and whatsnot...
myonoskenApr 5, 2008
"(not the people, just their crazy leaders, who might influence thier people into screwing around)"Hey pot, why are you calling that kettle black?
haydesignerApr 5, 2008
Then why not try editing it, or re-writing it?
haydesignerApr 5, 2008
Amen!Nationalism is the first step to racism.(look at the Serb/Croats)
zenmojoApr 5, 2008
Stereotype threat. This has particularly interesting results when explored in the field of undergraduate education. When certain genders and races that are expected to do poorly in various fields are confronted by their race or gender, they actually perform closer to the stereotype than they would without that confrontation -- African Americans and women, for example, are given a math test, then they are given another similar test after being asked what stereotypes a certain group is associated with. They perform significantly worse AFTER issues of their race and gender are brought out. That's stereotype threat, for you.Interestingly enough, this works on white males when Asians are discussed, decreasing THEIR performance on math tests. The very act of pointing out that someone isn't expected to do well lowers their scores while pretending that there are no expectations raises their scores.