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- Title
Stereotype Threat Leads to Reduction in Number of Math Problems Women Attempt.
- Authors
Rivardo, Mark G.; Rhodes, Michael E.; Camaione, Tyler C.; Legg, Jessica M.
- Abstract
The arousal hypotheses of stereotype threat and a simple, instructional intervention first used by Johns, Schmader, and Martens (2005) to alleviate the effect in women's math performance were tested. 148 college students (69 women) provided salivary cortisol samples, completed GRE-Math items under stereotype threat activating, stereotype threat activating with alternate attribution instructions, or problem solving conditions, and then provided a second cortisol sample. Women in both stereotype threat conditions attempted fewer problems than men and fewer problems than women in the problem solving condition. By employing this strategy, women in the stereotype threat conditions were able to hold their performance accuracy (number correct divided by number attempted) at the level of men. No evidence for the arousal hypothesis or for the effectiveness of intervention was found.
- Subjects
MATHEMATICS -- Social aspects; WOMEN college students; PERFORMANCE; LEARNING ability; STUDENT attitudes; PSYCHOLOGICAL research
- Publication
North American Journal of Psychology, 2011, Vol 13, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
1527-7143
- Publication type
Article