http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/05/15/stereotype-threat/ life, life in science, miscellaneous thoughts Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:01:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/05/15/stereotype-threat/#comment-43 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:13:24 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/05/15/stereotype-threat/#comment-43 So, it is only advantageous to group-identify with a group that has a superiority complex? That's really depressing. So, it is only advantageous to group-identify with a group that has a superiority complex? That’s really depressing.

]]> http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/05/15/stereotype-threat/#comment-41 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:59:12 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/05/15/stereotype-threat/#comment-41 Actually, group identity can also help you if you identify with a group that is thought to do well. So he has done experiments with groups of Asian-American women where their performance on math tests can be either improved or weakened depending on whether the testing conditions stress their identity as Asian-American (a group thought to be good at math) or as women ( a group thought to be bad at math). Actually, group identity can also help you if you identify with a group that is thought to do well. So he has done experiments with groups of Asian-American women where their performance on math tests can be either improved or weakened depending on whether the testing conditions stress their identity as Asian-American (a group thought to be good at math) or as women ( a group thought to be bad at math).

]]> http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/05/15/stereotype-threat/#comment-40 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:20:46 +0100 http://drshellie.blogsome.com/2006/05/15/stereotype-threat/#comment-40 Very cool! It seems odd to me, though, that he didn't mention what is, to me, the obvious corellary: Group identification is bad for academic success, as it is one of the requirements for this type of anxiety. Very cool! It seems odd to me, though, that he didn’t mention what is, to me, the obvious corellary: Group identification is bad for academic success, as it is one of the requirements for this type of anxiety.

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