Author Question: Explain what stereotype threat is, and how it affects performance. What will be an ideal ... (Read 66 times)

Chloeellawright · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Explain what stereotype threat is, and how it affects performance.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

If a moderately liberal person watches a lot of liberal news media television and listens to liberal news radio programs, her viewpoints will probably become more liberal.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

ktidd · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

a . Possible Response Points:
i. Stereotype occurs when people fear that a stereotype that has been pointed out to them or made salient in some way will be confirmed by their own behavior.
ii. Stereotype threat raises anxiety levels in the person who experiences it, and that anxiety pushes the person to try to calm down. But when mental energies are routed towards calming strategies, those some mental resources cannot be used for problem solving on an intellectual performance task. Consequently, the person's performance on the task suffers.
iii. People may be able to be inoculated against stereotype threat. For example, older people who interacted with their grandchildren prior to doing a test on which they were told older adults generally experienced bias in the results did not see their performance suffer. Their counterparts who did not interact with grandchildren did see the performance deficit.

Answer to Question 2

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