Download or read book The Effects of Stereotypes and Individuating Information on Black Students Susceptibility to Stereotype Threat written by Daryl A. Wout and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stereotype Threat written by Michael Inzlicht and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 21st century has brought with it unparalleled levels of diversity in the classroom and the workforce. It is now common to see in elementary school, high school, and university classrooms, not to mention boardrooms and factory floors, a mixture of ethnicities, races, genders, and religious affiliations. But these changes in academic and economic opportunities have not directly translated into an elimination of group disparities in academic performance, career opportunities, and levels of advancement. Standard explanations for these disparities, which are vehemently debated in the scientific community and popular press, range from the view that women and minorities are genetically endowed with inferior abilities to the view that members of these demographic groups are products of environments that frustrate the development of the skills needed for success. Although these explanations differ along a continuum of nature vs. nurture, they share in common a presumption that a large chunk of our population lacks the potential to achieve academic and career success.In contrast to intractable factors like biology or upbringing, the research summarized in this book suggests that factors in one's immediate situation play a critical yet underappreciated role in temporarily suppressing the intellectual performance of women and minorities, creating an illusion of group differences in ability. Research conducted over the course of the last fifteen years suggests the mere existence of cultural stereotypes that assert the intellectual inferiority of these groups creates a threatening intellectual environment for stigmatized individuals - a climate where anything they say or do is interpreted through the lens of low expectations. This stereotype threat can ultimately interfere with intellectual functioning and academic engagement, setting the stage for later differences in educational attainment, career choice, and job advancement.

Download or read book The Effect of Stereotype Threat in Gateway Courses on the Academic Major Choice of Black Students in Predominately White Institutions written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of stereotype threat in gateway courses on the academic major choices of Black students in Predominately White Institutions (PWIs). This study evaluates the role of individual metastereotypes held by Black students and individuating information provided by classroom-based interacts to determine what, if any, impact these factors have on identity threat in PWIs. This study uses a multi-dimensional evaluation of stereotype threat using self-as-threat and group-as-threat measures. The outcomes of identity threat are evaluated to determine their impact on academic performance and, finally, academic major choice. This study was based on a positivist, non-experimental, ex post facto, descriptive quantitative survey approach based on narrowly defined, specific questions and analyzing the responses using statistical methods. The data used in this study reflect the responses of 991 Black students from 27 predominately White institutions from the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshman (NLSF), collected between 1999 and 2004. The major findings of this study suggest that classroom environments can influence the amount of individuating information available to Black students and influence feelings of identity threat. The study also finds support for a multi-dimensional conceptualization of stereotype threat. The study found that once identity became salient in a situation, that self-threat is more likely to be influenced by classrooms specific interactions than is group threat. The study also found that self threat is more likely to undermine intrinsic motivation through achievement orientation goals. The study also found that identity salience is related to increased perceptions of difficulty in mathematics heavy coursework. Finally, the study found that low academic achievement affected major choice through the lack of progress towards an intended major. The findings of this study hold many implications for higher education. The findings of this study suggest that identity salience is an important starting point for both dimensions of identity threat. The study also finds that the outcomes of identity threat can diminish motivation as well as present cognitive challenges to stereotyped student particularly in math-heavy subjects in PWIs. These outcomes present a barrier to success in math-heavy majors and subsequent career paths.

Download or read book Stereotyping and Prejudice written by Charles Stangor and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a contemporary and comprehensive overview of the great diversity of theoretical interests, new ideas, and practical applications that characterize social psychological approaches to stereotyping and prejudice. All the contributions are written by renowned scholars in the field, with some chapters focusing on fundamental principles, including research questions about the brain structures that help us categorize and judge others, the role of evolution in prejudice, and how prejudice relates to language, communication, and social norms. Several chapters review a new dimension that has frequently been understudied—the role of the social context in creating stereotypes and prejudice. Another set of chapters focuses on applications, particularly how stereotypes and prejudice really matter in everyday life. These chapters include studies of their impact on academic performance, their role in small group processes, and their influence on everyday social interactions. The volume provides an essential resource for students, instructors, and researchers in social and personality psychology, and is also an invaluable reference for academics and professionals in related fields who have an interest in the origins and effects of stereotyping and prejudice.

Download or read book Exploring Stereotype Threat and Stereotype Boost The Impact of Manner of Stereotype Activation written by Fanny Jimenez and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2006-09-22 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject Psychology - Social Psychology, grade: wird in USA nicht bewertet, Indiana University (Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences), language: English, abstract: The concept of stereotype threat (Steele & Aronson, 1995) has received considerable attention in the past few years. In several studies, Steele and his colleagues took a close look at the influence that negative stereotypes can have on individuals in performance-related situations. As a reaction to the initial concept, the research also extended to other phenomena related to stereotype threat, such as the influence of positive stereotypes in performance-related situations. However, this investigation of the other side of stereotype threat and further studies that have been done regarding stereotype threat in general resulted in contradicting findings. My thesis presents a focused review of the available literature first. This is done to provide a basis for the conceptual framework Shih and colleagues proposed (Shih, Ambady, Richeson, Fujita & Gray, 2002). Their work integrates the conflicting findings and suggests two possible factors that might regulate the effects that positive and negative stereotypes have on people: selfrelevance and the manner of stereotype activation. In my study, I tested this framework in replicating and critically evaluating the study Shih et al. (2002) have conducted. The results and implications for future research are presented.

Download or read book Contesting Stereotypes and Creating Identities written by Andrew J. Fuligni and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of legal segregation in schools, most research on educational inequality has focused on economic and other structural obstacles to the academic achievement of disadvantaged groups. But in Contesting Stereotypes and Creating Identities, a distinguished group of psychologists and social scientists argue that stereotypes about the academic potential of some minority groups remain a significant barrier to their achievement. This groundbreaking volume examines how low institutional and cultural expectations of minorities hinder their academic success, how these stereotypes are perpetuated, and the ways that minority students attempt to empower themselves by redefining their identities. The contributors to Contesting Stereotypes and Creating Identities explore issues of ethnic identity and educational inequality from a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, drawing on historical analyses, social-psychological experiments, interviews, and observation. Meagan Patterson and Rebecca Bigler show that when teachers label or segregate students according to social categories (even in subtle ways), students are more likely to rank and stereotype one another, so educators must pay attention to the implicit or unintentional ways that they emphasize group differences. Many of the contributors contest John Ogbu's theory that African Americans have developed an "oppositional culture" that devalues academic effort as a form of "acting white." Daphna Oyserman and Daniel Brickman, in their study of black and Latino youth, find evidence that strong identification with their ethnic group is actually associated with higher academic motivation among minority youth. Yet, as Julie Garcia and Jennifer Crocker find in a study of African-American female college students, the desire to disprove negative stereotypes about race and gender can lead to anxiety, low self-esteem, and excessive, self-defeating levels of effort, which impede learning and academic success. The authors call for educational institutions to diffuse these threats to minority students' identities by emphasizing that intelligence is a malleable rather than a fixed trait. Contesting Stereotypes and Creating Identities reveals the many hidden ways that educational opportunities are denied to some social groups. At the same time, this probing and wide-ranging anthology provides a fresh perspective on the creative ways that these groups challenge stereotypes and attempt to participate fully in the educational system.

Download or read book Racial Stereotyping and Child Development written by D.T. Slaughter-Defoe and published by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contemporary societies children’s racial identity is co-constructed in response to racial stereotyping with extended family, peers and teachers, and potent media sources. The studies in this volume take cognizance of earlier research into skin color and racial stereotyping, but advance its contemporary implications. Developmental trajectories of racial attitudes of Black and White children, examining recent empirical research from the perspective of theorizing associated with experimental studies of stereotyped-threat are discussed. Reviewed are also the theoretical and empirical role of media images in influencing the race-related images as well as the PVEST theoretical model in considering the significance of parental racial messages and stories. The last paper argues that youth can be victimized by racial/cultural stereotyping despite being majority-Black cultural members. Interdisciplinary commentaries by scholar-researchers are given for each chapter.Researchers, academicians, and practitioners will find in this publication a succinct update, inclusive of references and bibliographies, regarding the latest information in the development and socialization of racial attitudes and racial stereotyping.

Download or read book Stereotypes written by Joel T. Nadler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an invaluable primer on how culturally accepted stereotypes are impacting people throughout the United States. Stereotypes—both intentional and unconscious—and the harms they cause are increasingly featuring in the news. Here a team of top researchers examines current and emerging research on how stereotypes begin, grow, and harm the members of society—and what can be done to stop them. The authors explain what actions lead to the development and manifestation of stereotypes against groups ranging from racial, ethnic, sexual, and religious minorities to men, women, immigrants, the disabled, and more. They detail the newest studies to help us understand the psychological and social processes that spur and sustain stereotypes, how those affect behavior and decision-making, and how the targeted groups are affected by micro-aggressions and nonverbal behaviors. This volume will interest students of psychology, counseling, social work, law enforcement and legal studies, race and ethnicity, LGBTQ studies, gender studies, public policy, and politics.

Download or read book The Effects of Stereotype Threat on the Standardized Test Scores of Black College Students written by Bridal Edward Pearson and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book How Do Multiple Social Identities Impact the Effects of Stereotype Threat for African American Women written by Stephanie Nicole Brown and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this report is to examine the effects of the social scientific phenomenon of stereotype threat on individuals who identify with multiple cultural groups, and in specific, African American women. Significant research in the field of stereotype threat has determined that individuals that experience negative stereotyping of part of their identity (e.g., African Americans and intelligence, women and mathematical ability, etc.) may perform more poorly when tested on the stereotyped abilities than they otherwise would if they had no awareness of those stereotypes. Research on individuals who subscribe to more than one social identity has noted that the power of identification with a cultural group, level of self-esteem, distinctiveness of their various social identities in an environment, and salience of their identities to relevant tasks moderate their responses to stereotype threat. -- This paper will explore current research on the possible utility and limitations of using multiple social identities to mitigate the effects of stereotype threat, and areas for future research will be identified. Hypotheses about the implications of stereotype threat and limitations of currently proposed strategies for threat reduction for members of two or more stigmatized social groups, with an emphasis on African American female college students, will be discussed. Finally, suggestions for clinical application of this information will be proposed.

Download or read book Stereotype Threat Stereotype Obligation and the Intellectual Test Performance of African Americans and European Americans written by Bryant Thomas Marks and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stereotype Threat Effects in Employment Settings written by James L. Farr and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a special edition of "Human Performance", in which stereotype threats in employment settings are examined.

Download or read book The Effects of Individuating Information on Stereotype Activation written by Jennifer Shannon Hunt and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Examination of Stereotype Threat Susceptibility in a Sample of Fourth Grade African American Students written by Alicia Lynne Armstead and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Examining the Influence of Stereotype Threat on the Efficacy of First Year African American College Students Within a Public University in Maryland written by Marone LaDarryl Brown and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present research utilized a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design to examine how stereotype threat influences first-year African-American student efficacy within a public university in Maryland. The study took aim at the pervasive problem of African-American student achievement and retention in post secondary institutions across the country, due in part to the noesis of stereotype threat. In light of this challenge, the researcher dissected the relationship between first-year African-American students and the college context in which they exist to better interpret how stereotype threat influences the racial cohesion and dissonance of Black students on the campus of a public university in Maryland. The study secured the perceptions of 169 first-year African-American students within the framework of a public university in Maryland as it pertained to their teaching and learning experiences. The study employed a two-step statistical process to determine statistical significance using the F-test for ,two sample variances, followed by a t-test for two sample variances. The study determined through the use of the Stereotype Confirmation Concern Scale that there was a statistically significant difference between academic achievement and social interaction of first-year African-American students influenced by stereotype threat and first-year African-American students not influenced by stereotype threat. Moreover, the study also determined that student perceptions were influenced in part by stereotype threat, racialization, and lack of inclusiveness. Theoretically, the research draws upon critical race theory to impart that the academic achievement and perceptual experiences of African-American college students are just as influenced by perceived threats of stereotypes as they are by poverty or other psychosocial stressors suggested by previous literature.

Download or read book Stereotype Threat and the Mass Media written by Martenzie Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An experiment showed that a sports news article based on negative racial stereotypes about Black or White athletes can impede athletic performance based on the theory of stereotype threat. In the experiment, White participants performed significantly worse at basketball when they were exposed to the race priming news article. In comparison, Black participants performed significantly better at basketball when exposed to the same race priming article as the White participants. The experiment also observed the effect of stereotype threat on the football performance and situational anxiety levels of Black and White participants. The implications of the findings for the theory of stereotype threat (Steele & Aronson, 1995) and discussion of Black and White athletes in the news media were discussed.

Download or read book Stereotype Threat Vulnerability written by Leann Vernice Smith and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stereotype threat is a widely researched phenomenon within psychology that has been proposed as one explanation for the underperformance of minority groups. Stereotype threat is the experience a person has when negative stereotypes about their social group are highlighted, causing them to underperform on the given task. Picho and Brown (2011) created the Social Identities and Attitudes Scale (SIAS), a scale containing six factors that research has determined to be important moderators of stereotype threat. The current study investigated the psychometric properties of the SIAS. Confirmatory factor analyses and group invariance tests of the SIAS were conducted on a diverse sample of 516 college students participating in a university's subject pool. The results revealed good model fit of the data, with minor exceptions. Additionally, the same factor structure emerged across four different ethnic subgroups: African American, Caucasian American, Hispanic American, and Asian American participants. The SIAS is a reliable and valid measure of six moderators of stereotype threat: ethnic and gender identity, ethnicity and gender stigma consciousness, negative affect, and math identification. Researchers and practitioners can more confidently use the SIAS as a measure of an individual's susceptibility to stereotype threat effects. Future research directions and practical implications are discussed.