• Individuals who highly identify with a particular group appear to be more vulnerable to experiencing stereotype threat than individuals who do not identify strongly with the stereotyped group. (wikipedia.org)
  • When women and/or people of color are a demographic minority in their workplace, they have an increased likelihood of experiencing stereotype threat. (constangy.com)
  • These effects are also increased when they expect discrimination due to their identification with a negatively stereotyped group. (wikipedia.org)
  • Identity-based interventions focus on changing the strength or salience of the relationship between an individual and the negatively stereotyped group. (ioatwork.com)
  • Acknowledging that many aspects of personal identity are achieved-membership in social categories based on individual choices and achievements-rather than ascribed, McGlone contended that deficits in test performance caused by stereotype threat could be mitigated by instead cuing test takers to their achieved identity for which there are positive performance expectations. (utexas.edu)
  • This article reviews the existent literature on stereotype threat and discusses its implications for sports performance. (humankinetics.com)
  • New research (Liu, Liu, Wang, & Zhang, 2020) reviews the existing literature on stereotype threat and categorizes existing stereotype threat interventions into three major groups: belief-based, identity-based, and resilience-based. (ioatwork.com)
  • Although the framing of a task can produce stereotype threat in most individuals, certain individuals appear to be more likely to experience stereotype threat than others. (wikipedia.org)
  • CLAUDE STEELE] You know, I often say that people experience stereotype threat several times a day. (facinghistory.org)
  • It is hypothesized that the mechanism through which anxiety (induced by the activation of the stereotype) decreases performance is by depleting working memory (especially the phonological aspects of the working memory system). (wikipedia.org)
  • The review discusses the most widespread stereotypes that exist in sport, the effects of stereotype activation on performance in different sports, and mechanisms that explain why stereotype threat decreases performance. (humankinetics.com)
  • Participation in the full-day workshop led to significant decreases in antifat attitudes and the internalization of media stereotypes and to significant increases in self-efficacy to address weight bias. (cdc.gov)
  • Professional development training in the area of weight bias awareness is associated with decreases in antifat attitudes and the internalization of media stereotypes around thinness. (cdc.gov)
  • Women's math and spatial reasoning performance significantly improves when they are not worried about confirming negative gender stereotypes, University of Texas at Austin Assistant Professor Matthew McGlone reports in this month's issue of the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. (utexas.edu)
  • Based on these results, we argue that priming a positive achieved identity (selective private college student) can alleviate women's anxiety about confirming the negative stereotype that 'women can't do math,'" said McGlone. (utexas.edu)
  • The study revealed that stereotype threat can depress women's entrepreneurial intentions while boosting men's intentions. (wikipedia.org)
  • Previous studies have shown that exposure to gender stereotypes has a detrimental impact on women's performance. (mdpi.com)
  • However, it is still largely unclear whether the influence of a negative stereotype of women's ability to play chess is only limited to their level of performance, or whether it could also affect their opponent's performance. (mdpi.com)
  • effects of these stereotypes on women's involvement in sports and sports viewership should not be understated. (humankinetics.com)
  • Other studies have demonstrated how stereotype threat can negatively affect the performance of European Americans in athletic situations as well as the performance of men who are being tested on their social sensitivity. (wikipedia.org)
  • In these situations, simply knowing that there is a stereotype against them (a stereotype that says they should perform poorly on a particular task) can lead individuals to actually perform more poorly on the task than they otherwise would. (phys.org)
  • In her performances Washko discusses feminism with players inside the game situations. (pixelache.ac)
  • Social scientists and psychologists have found that stereotype threat can hinder performance in situations involving a stereotype-based expectation of poor performance. (constangy.com)
  • Past APS Board Member Claude Steele talked about his years of research on stereotype threat - the theory he developed to describe situations in which a person fears their own potential to confirm a negative stereotype about their own social group - and its application to minority students' academic performance. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • Stereotype threat , a term coined by Stanford Professor Claude Steele, occurs when individuals whose group is targeted by negative stereotypes try to excel at tasks that are related to the stereotype . (phys.org)
  • Stereotypes are one way by which history affects present life," social psychologist Claude Steele says in this video about the history of stereotypes and how negative stereotypes impact us today. (facinghistory.org)
  • CLAUDE STEELE] I'm a social psychologist and experimentalist and so we've done experiments to test whether or not stereotype threat can have effect on something that we tend to think of as pretty hard-wired like your performance on a cognitive exam or a standardized test. (facinghistory.org)
  • This phenomenon-which psychologist Claude Steele and colleagues call "stereotype threat" - has been widely duplicated in other lab experiments, and has been found to affect racial minorities as well. (berkeley.edu)
  • It's been demonstrated that the presence of "stereotype threat"-the risk of confirming a negative stereotype about one's group, such as the stereotype that women perform poorly in math-can undermine the performance of even the most talented students. (utexas.edu)
  • Via an experiment, this study illustrates how caste consciousness could affect academic performance, and finds that children from disadvantaged castes perform poorly in tests when made aware of their caste and reservation status than otherwise. (epw.in)
  • According to the theory, if negative stereotypes are present regarding a specific group, group members are likely to become anxious about their performance, which may hinder their ability to perform to their full potential. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mendoza-Denton's own research has shown that "notions about innate ability don't just hinder the performance of negatively stereotyped groups-it's worse than that. (berkeley.edu)
  • In this commentary, a root cause analysis framework is used to explore two overarching causes for the lack of timely escalation in care: (1) implicit bias complicated by imposter syndrome and stereotype threat, and (2) complex social power dynamics and dysfunctional interprofessional team collaboration. (ahrq.gov)
  • Health care providers' negative implicit attitudes and stereotypes of American Indians. (ahrq.gov)
  • 3 Be mindful of how implicit biases may lead to stereotyping and unfair disciplinary practices, particularly for racial and ethnic minority students who experience disproportionately negative disciplinary actions. (cdc.gov)
  • Over the years, researchers have examined the contribution stereotypes make to differences in academic performance across ethnic and gender groups. (utexas.edu)
  • Stereotype threat research suggests that such differences could stem from the mere existence of social stereotypes and not from group differences in actual ability. (phys.org)
  • Stereotype threat theory (STT) offers one explanation for achievement differences in math and science for both women and minority students. (ed.gov)
  • This study examined the impact of stereotype threat (ST) on gender differences in chemistry achievement, self-efficacy, and test-anxiety using a four-group, quasi-experimental design. (ed.gov)
  • The authors used meta-analysis (or a statistical combination of many past research studies) to examine differences among the various types of stereotype threat interventions. (ioatwork.com)
  • Lift this stereotype threat, and group differences in performance disappear," says University of California , Berkeley, psychologist Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton. (berkeley.edu)
  • The strength of the stereotype threat that occurs depends on how the task is framed. (wikipedia.org)
  • Stereotype threat occurs when knowledge of a negative stereotype about a social group leads to less-than-optimal performance by members of that group. (humankinetics.com)
  • It is theorized to be a contributing factor to long-standing racial and gender gaps in academic performance. (wikipedia.org)
  • Stereotype threat is considered by some researchers to be a contributing factor to long-standing racial and gender achievement gaps, such as under-performance of black students relative to white ones in various academic subjects, and under-representation of women at higher echelons in the field of mathematics. (wikipedia.org)
  • In collaboration with Princeton University Professor John Darley and with students Christian Lynch and Mike Sjmoeling, Stone and his research team have found that both black and white athletes performed well on a laboratory golf task in a control condition where nothing was done to remind them about racial stereotypes. (phys.org)
  • Social mythologies, like the old saw that "white men can't jump," may in fact have some negative consequences for those being stereotyped. (phys.org)
  • And even if the majority of people do not openly endorse these negative beliefs, recent research suggests that just the mere awareness of these stereotypes can have negative consequences for individuals who are targeted by them, according to two social psychologists at the University of Arizona in Tucson. (phys.org)
  • Because stereotype threat has important consequences for athletics (e.g., impairing athletic performance, maintaining the underrepresentation of minority athletes in certain sports), it is a phenomenon that deserves greater attention in sport and exercise psychology research. (humankinetics.com)
  • Professor Zitek studies topics such as the sources and consequences of psychological entitlement, why hierarchies are a prevalent form of organizing, how people react to positive and negative events (e.g., good or bad luck, rejection, poor performance, etc.), stereotyping and discrimination in various domains, and factors that affect people's participation and performance in sports. (cornell.edu)
  • In virtual classrooms, ensure that students know the positive and negative consequences of their virtual actions. (cdc.gov)
  • 0001). A significant risk factor for non-white adolescents' very negative self-esteem (OR = 1.914) was present together with bullying victims who had had negative consequences after the episode (OR = 3.343). (bvsalud.org)
  • Those who reported negative consequences on bullying were three times more likely to present very negative self-esteem, and the chances of non-white adolescents to show negative selfesteem were almost twice as high. (bvsalud.org)
  • Page 2 of 7 continue to face the negative consequences of prejudice unless changes are made to the societal factors that reinforce weight stigma (10). (cdc.gov)
  • He discusses negative impressions and stereotypes, as well as the importance of eliminating stigma and discrimination toward leprosy patients. (who.int)
  • Prior studies have also found that activation of a negative stereotype about a group or stereotype threat, e.g., asking test-takers to indicate their ethnicity before taking a test, can lead to deteriorated performance of the stereotyped group. (compadre.org)
  • The researchers theorize that if women know that any extra anxiety they feel while taking the test could be due to stereotype threat effects and does not suggest that they lack ability, they can reinterpret that anxiety in a way that does not interfere with their performance. (phys.org)
  • You might compare these images to this recent post about how symbols of Irishness have lost any real negative implications, such that even politicians in non-Irish-dominated districts feel comfortable using them in campaign materials. (thesocietypages.org)
  • Research on stereotype threat has important implications for how standardized test scores are interpreted. (phys.org)
  • The results are discussed with respect to possibilities and boundaries of assessing peers' language skills through student ratings and implications of negative performance related stereotypes. (hu-berlin.de)
  • Frustrated by seeing many female and ethnic minority students do poorly on my statistics exams-despite appearing to master concepts in class, homework and in one-on-one interactions-I wanted to explore how much of their difficulty stemmed from the anxiety associated with being compared to other students and the prospect of confirming negative stereotypes," said McGlone who conducted his research with Dr. Joshua Aronson, of New York University. (utexas.edu)
  • A 2007 study extended stereotype threat research to entrepreneurship, a traditionally male-stereotyped profession. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although much of the research on stereotype threat has examined its effects on intellectual and academic tests, innovative research by Jeff Stone has extended research on this phenomenon into the athletic arena where black athletes are stereotyped to be more naturally athletic, while white athletes are stereotyped to have greater sports intelligence. (phys.org)
  • Research shows that women are held to stricter standards for promotion: promoted women have higher performance ratings than promoted men, and performance ratings are more strongly related to promotions for women than for men. (imd.org)
  • This paper provides a literature review of stereotype-threat research in the motor domain followed by recommendations for sport psychology practitioners. (humankinetics.com)
  • Research on stereotype threat (e.g. (humankinetics.com)
  • Scientifically, this study uniquely contributes to the literature by bridging two areas of research (stereotype threat and occupational safety) that have largely proceeded independently of each other. (cdc.gov)
  • Various research-based interventions attempt to combat the negative outcomes of stereotype threat, but little research has compared them or examined their effectiveness. (ioatwork.com)
  • That said, a great deal of empirical research shows that the gender ideology of the mother matters quite a bit in shaping a father's caregiving activities, and that ideology often stereotypes fathers as incompetent caregivers. (berkeley.edu)
  • Insight about the relationship between gender stereotyping and gatekeeping behavior feeds into a tremendous amount of research about the social impact of how gender is framed. (berkeley.edu)
  • The myriad demonstrations of stereotype threat in college-aged students hinge on cues, such as a demographics question about ethnicity or gender-ascribed identities. (utexas.edu)
  • However, priming their gender status (men are better at math) did improve their performance. (utexas.edu)
  • When we primed this positive identity in men-for whom there is no negative stereotype regarding their math acumen-their performance was no better than when their gender was primed. (utexas.edu)
  • Applications of these findings might include eliminating subtle cues from math testing environments that might make gender identity issues salient to women and thereby impair their performance. (utexas.edu)
  • It was expected that a chess player's performance would be influenced by the gender of their opponent. (mdpi.com)
  • Gender stereotypes are one of them. (imd.org)
  • What are gender stereotypes? (imd.org)
  • When women conform to gender stereotypes (e.g. by showing emotional sensitivity and concern for others), they are likely to be perceived as less competent. (imd.org)
  • Many prior studies have found a gender gap between male and female students' performance on conceptual assessments such as the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) and the Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism (CSEM) with male students performing better than female students. (compadre.org)
  • Interventions targeting race or gender stereotypes had stronger positive effects than interventions targeting other groups such as older age or low socioeconomic status. (ioatwork.com)
  • The vast majority of marketers think they're doing a good job of avoiding gender stereotypes in advertising (76% of female marketers and 88% of male marketers), but almost half of consumers feel advertisers are still not getting it right, according to Kantar's analysis of advertising creativity and media effectiveness. (kantar.com)
  • AdReaction: Getting Gender Right shows that while the ad industry believes both women and men are being depicted as positive role models, women in particular are portrayed in outdated ways, while targeting in many categories is still skewed towards gender stereotypes. (kantar.com)
  • In her work she also scrutinizes the negative gender-based stereotypes throughout the video games that she grew up playing. (pixelache.ac)
  • Situational factors that increase stereotype threat can include the difficulty of the task, the belief that the task measures their abilities, and the relevance of the stereotype to the task. (wikipedia.org)
  • The ratings for German language abilities further revealed negative performance related stereotypes towards peers with Turkish and Russian language backgrounds. (hu-berlin.de)
  • So while belief that abilities are determined by biological identity can increase anxiety among negatively stereotyped groups, Mendoza-Denton argues "it reduces anxiety among positively stereotyped groups by reassuring them that their group membership guarantees high ability. (berkeley.edu)
  • The present study investigated this reversed stereotype threat in online chess playing an unrated game. (mdpi.com)
  • This study examines the impact of stereotype threat (ST), the fear of confirming negative assumptions about a group to which one belongs (Steele, C. M. [1997]. (cdc.gov)
  • Facing History shares educator resources that explore the impact of stereotypes in many of the histories we study. (facinghistory.org)
  • In the second study, conducted with over 1100 introductory physics students, we investigated the prevalence of the belief that men generally perform better in physics than women and the extent to which this belief is correlated with the performance of both the female and male students on the FCI. (compadre.org)
  • Therefore, the present study investigates students' ratings of their fellow students' language skills as indicators of actual language performance in German and the heritage languages Turkish and Russian. (hu-berlin.de)
  • What I see happen all too often is patients enroll in studies, and even the very participants in trials may not then be given the outcome, especially if that study is negative. (medscape.com)
  • First , we consider theories of identities and subjectivities, including performance of selves, key concepts that are crucial to the study of individuals and social relations. (lu.se)
  • The primary purpose of the pilot study was to evaluate whether or not the intervention led to changes in the participants' antifat attitudes, internalization of media stereotypes, body satisfaction, and sense of self-efficacy to address weight bias. (cdc.gov)
  • Stone, 2002 ) suggests that the activation of negative stereotypes is likely to lead to a decrease in interest ( Farrell et al. (humankinetics.com)
  • Recent work suggests that stereotype threat (ST) harms performance by reducing available working memory capacity. (bvsalud.org)
  • Stereotype threat is a situational predicament in which people are or feel themselves to be at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group. (wikipedia.org)
  • Individuals show higher degrees of stereotype threat on tasks they wish to perform well on and when they identify strongly with the stereotyped group. (wikipedia.org)
  • The opposite of stereotype threat is stereotype boost, which is when people perform better than they otherwise would have, because of exposure to positive stereotypes about their social group. (wikipedia.org)
  • Remove any reminder of negative stereotypes, and these individuals perform equally to the students who don't belong to a negatively stereotype group. (phys.org)
  • Schmader and her group have found that teaching women about stereotype threat and its potential negative effects on test performance might actually arm women with a means of diffusing the threat. (phys.org)
  • Specifically, STT posits that the perceived risk of confirming a negative stereotype about an individual's identity group acts as a psychological burden that negatively impacts performance. (ed.gov)
  • As it turns out, there is a name for the feeling that you may be at risk of confirming negative stereotypes about your social group. (constangy.com)
  • They may also be concerned about confirming a negative stereotype about their group. (the74million.org)
  • Social stigma in the context of health is the negative association between a person or group of people who share certain characteristics and a specific disease. (who.int)
  • When someone facing a difficult task uses valuable brain power to worry about negative stereotypes, it actually reduces the individual's available cognitive resources, which in turn makes it more difficult to successfully perform the task at hand. (constangy.com)
  • In all languages, students' ratings were moderately related to peers' test performance and the accuracy of ratings was positively moderated if the students had class together, shared the same language background and with increasing relationship quality. (hu-berlin.de)
  • They actually boost the performance of positively stereotyped groups. (berkeley.edu)
  • In the workplace, stereotype threat and its subsequent effects on performance can undermine an organization's efforts to improve diversity and inclusion. (ioatwork.com)
  • Ultimately, stereotype threat interventions can help organizations promote greater social inclusion and equality in the workplace. (ioatwork.com)
  • Finally, factors that should moderate the impact of stereotype threat in sport are outlined. (humankinetics.com)
  • Pregnancy and work place accidents: the impact of stereotype threat. (cdc.gov)
  • Ads that don't portray and target women effectively have a negative impact on the success of individual adverts and campaigns, but also the performance of brands. (kantar.com)
  • I think that's an unfair portrayal, but I think that stereotype exists. (medscape.com)
  • However, meta-analyses and systematic reviews have shown significant evidence for the effects of stereotype threat, though the phenomenon defies over-simplistic characterization. (wikipedia.org)
  • Toni Schmader, an assistant professor in the UA psychology department, and Jeff Stone, an associate professor in that department, have conducted several controlled laboratory experiments that examine a phenomenon known as " stereotype threat . (phys.org)
  • Although the stereotype threat phenomenon has been extensively studied in academic and cognitively-based tasks, it has received little attention in sport. (humankinetics.com)
  • A variant of stereotype boost is stereotype lift, which is people achieving better performance because of exposure to negative stereotypes about other social groups. (wikipedia.org)
  • Stereotypes often serve as shortcuts for forming impressions of people and guide our decisions, without people being completely aware of it. (imd.org)
  • And when people are in a situation for which a negative stereotype about one of their identities is relevant to the situation, relevant to what they're doing, they know they could be possibly judged or treated in terms of that stereotype. (facinghistory.org)
  • In an outbreak, this may mean people are labelled, stereotyped, discriminated against, treated separately, and/or experience loss of status because of a perceived link with a disease. (who.int)
  • Women have also been known to suffer a decline in performance when put in the presence of men holding sexist attitudes, so if opposing counsel keeps calling you "sweetie," you could very well be affected by stereotype threat. (constangy.com)
  • Language attitudes toward various accents are present in our daily lives and interactions, although attitudes are usually not spoken publicly and speakers are not regularly conscious of the attitudes unless they are overt, where the accents are negative and spoken explicitly in public places such as the media or daily conversations (Garrett, 2010). (lu.se)
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Oppositional defiant disorder is a recurrent or persistent pattern of negative, defiant, or even hostile behavior directed at authority figures. (msdmanuals.com)
  • But, if they defy these stereotypes and behave "like a man" (e.g. by showing dominance, ambition and rationality), they will be penalized by a backlash effect. (imd.org)
  • however, if tasks are framed in terms of active stereotypes, participants are likely to perform worse on the task. (wikipedia.org)
  • The causal mechanisms of stereotype threat in sport are examined, followed by a discussion of why the cognitive processes thought to govern negative stereotype-induced performance decrements in academic and cognitively based tasks (e.g. (humankinetics.com)
  • achievement settings is called stereotype threat (ST). Since the seminal paper by Steele and Aronson ( 1995 ), the detrimental ST effect has been demonstrated in numerous empirical studies, many of which are cited throughout this paper, using cognitive or motor performance tasks. (humankinetics.com)
  • For example, stereotype threat has been shown to affect black and Hispanic students taking standardized tests, women taking math tests, and women MBA students engaging in negotiation tasks. (constangy.com)
  • they confirm that most existing stereotype threat interventions are effective at reducing negative performance outcomes. (ioatwork.com)
  • These root causes can have negative impacts on both patient outcomes and provider well-being. (ahrq.gov)
  • As of 2015, more than 300 studies have been published showing the effects of stereotype threat on performance in a variety of domains. (wikipedia.org)
  • This raises another question: what can be done to reduce or even eliminate the pernicious effects of negative stereotype on test performance. (phys.org)
  • On the other hand, when executed poorly, it can have adverse effects on lower-performing students, who may form negative self-beliefs due to their unfavorable academic standing. (jotform.com)
  • Acts of self-affirmation have been shown to negate the effects of stereotype threat. (constangy.com)
  • Until then, however, there are numerous ways to overcome stereotype threat. (constangy.com)
  • Reflect on role models who have overcome the same stereotype. (constangy.com)
  • These negative performance expectations can only be overturned when the woman's individual contribution is unquestionable, or her task competence is very high. (imd.org)
  • When women counter their stereotype and break expectations about how they "should" behave, they pay the cost: dominant women are perceived as less likeable and less hireable than men. (imd.org)
  • This can be problematic, because some teachers may set lower performance expectations for students from historically marginalized groups. (jotform.com)
  • Stereotype threat has been argued to show a reduction in the performance of individuals who belong to negatively stereotyped groups. (wikipedia.org)
  • In contrast, priming selective private college status among the male participants did not improve their performance. (utexas.edu)
  • Female participants who were made aware of the stereotype of females performing worse at chess than males performed worse in their chess games. (wikipedia.org)
  • In contrast, women who were told that their opponent was female performed as would be predicted by past ratings of performance. (wikipedia.org)
  • In a recent paper in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , Schmader and UA graduate student Michael Johns reported the results of several studies showing that college women score lower on tests of mathematical ability, and Hispanic students might score lower on tests of intelligence, not because they have less ability, but because reminders of negative stereotypes temporarily decrease their "working memory capacity. (phys.org)
  • In chess, it has been demonstrated that the performance level of women is negatively influenced when they are exposed to negative stereotypes about their ability to play chess. (mdpi.com)
  • As an example, the authors suggest that organizations can implement stereotype threat interventions in order to improve success and retention of women and minority students in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math). (ioatwork.com)
  • Forty females and males performed maximum voluntary contractions under stereotypical or nullified-stereotype conditions. (humankinetics.com)
  • Results showed that the velocity of force production within the first milliseconds of the contraction decreased in females when the negative stereotype was induced, whereas maximal force did not change. (humankinetics.com)
  • Can Stereotype Threat Affect Motor Performance in the Absence of Explicit Monitoring Processes? (humankinetics.com)
  • And if the situation is important, that prospect starts to threaten them and upset them and distract them and can affect performance right there in the situation. (facinghistory.org)
  • And it can affect their willingness or their interest in staying in that area of life where that kind of stereotype is relevant. (facinghistory.org)
  • Physical rehabilitation interventions address functional deficits caused by impairments that affect someone's performance. (bvsalud.org)
  • Since its introduction into the academic literature, stereotype threat has become one of the most widely studied topics in the field of social psychology. (wikipedia.org)
  • Promote engagement by students, faculty, and staff in DEIR activities through rewards and performance evaluations. (acs.org)
  • Underperforming students may be at a disadvantage with academic tracking, as their low performance may result in fewer opportunities to express their intellect, creativity, or unique skills. (jotform.com)
  • Knowing that you're at the lower end of the academic performance spectrum compared to your peers can cause a dip in self-confidence, and that can show up both inside and outside of the classroom. (jotform.com)
  • or substantially interferes with the student's academic performance. (manorisd.net)
  • An interactive workshop was developed and implemented by a team of academic researchers and health promoters from the psychology and public health disciplines to raise awareness about 1) weight bias and its negative effect on health, 2) ways to balance healthy weight messaging to prevent the triggering of weight and shape preoccupation, and 3) the incorporation of mental health promotion into healthy weight messaging. (cdc.gov)
  • The system examines student performance at a granular level using test results from specific classes and subjects. (jotform.com)
  • He tested his hypothesis by priming different social identities among undergraduates prior to administering the Vandenberg Mental Rotation Test (VMRT), a standardized spatial reasoning test linked to math performance. (utexas.edu)
  • And about each one of those identities that I mentioned, there are negative stereotypes. (facinghistory.org)
  • Repeated experiences of stereotype threat can lead to a vicious circle of diminished confidence, poor performance, and loss of interest in the relevant area of achievement. (wikipedia.org)
  • A threat in the air: How stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance. (cdc.gov)
  • Why did these students seem to perform in ways that are consistent with the stereotype? (phys.org)
  • This hypervigilance and extra stress uses up cognitive resources that are essential for learning, diminishing their performance and discouraging them from building valuable relationships. (the74million.org)
  • Changing the way the test was described changed black students ' performance . (phys.org)