Impact of stereotype threat on brain activity during memory tasks in older adults [PDF]
We report the first neuroimaging experiment to investigate the impact of explicitly activating aging stereotypes (i.e., stereotype threat) on brain activity during cognitive tasks. Cognitively normal older adults read about aging stereotypes or a control
Yung-Tsen Chen +4 more
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Weight-based stereotype threat in the workplace: consequences for employees with overweight or obesity. [PDF]
Employees with overweight or obesity are often stereotyped as lazy, unmotivated, and less competent than employees with normal weight. As a consequence, employees with overweight or obesity are susceptible to stereotype threat, or the concern about ...
Zacher H, von Hippel C.
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Protocol for a meta-analysis of stereotype threat in African Americans. [PDF]
Stereotype threat is a well-known construct in psychology wherein individuals who belong to a negatively stereotyped demographic group underperform on cognitive or academic tasks due to the detrimental effects of a stereotype.
Russell T Warne, Ross A A Larsen
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Background: Positive interactions that build good relationships between patients and providers demonstrate improved health outcomes for patients. Yet, racial minority patients may not be on an equal footing in having positive interactions.
Britney N. Wilson, MBS +3 more
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Dual pathways of aging stereotype threat at work: impacts on work behaviors of older workers [PDF]
Aging stereotype threat is a significant issue in modern workplaces, affecting older workers’ self-perceptions and work behaviors. Although research often highlights the negative impacts of aging stereotypes, the dual pathways by which these stereotypes ...
Lidan Liu +4 more
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Older Adults’ Emotion Recognition Ability Is Unaffected by Stereotype Threat [PDF]
Eliciting negative stereotypes about ageing commonly results in worse performance on many physical, memory, and cognitive tasks in adults aged over 65.
Lianne Atkinson +2 more
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Measuring Stereotype Threat at Math and Language Arts in Secondary School: Validation of a Questionnaire [PDF]
A stereotype threat arises when a negative stereotype about group to which an individual belongs is activated. It affects the achievement and interest of students in a particular academic domain, e.g., girls at math or boys at language arts. Hence, it is
Sylwia Bedyńska +2 more
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Age-based stereotype threat effects on dynamic balance in healthy older adults [PDF]
IntroductionStereotype threat can lead older adults to perceive their experiences in a biased manner, giving rise to interfering thoughts and negative emotions that generate stress and anxiety.
Liliane Borel +3 more
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Stereotype threat, gender and mathematics attainment: A conceptual replication of Stricker & Ward. [PDF]
Stereotype threat has been proposed as one cause of gender differences in post-compulsory mathematics participation. Danaher and Crandall argued, based on a study conducted by Stricker and Ward, that enquiring about a student's gender after they had ...
Matthew Inglis, Steven O'Hagan
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Originally, the stereotype threat effect – poorer performance due to a fear of fulfilling a negative stereotype about one’s group – was demonstrated for cognitive tasks (e.g. Steele and Aronson, 1995, or Steele, 1997).
Hilmar Grabow, Melanie Kühl
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