The Stereotype Trap: From 'white men can't jump' to 'girls can't do math,' negative images that are pervasive in the culture can make us choke during tests of ability.(Science & Technology)(fear of perpetuating stereotypes hinders performance)

Newsweek | November 6, 2000| | Copyright

The students had no idea of the real purpose of the study they had volunteered for--it is, after all, standard operating procedure in psychology to keep subjects in the dark on that little point. (If volunteers know they're being studied for, say, whether they will help a blind child cross a busy street, it tends to skew their behavior.) So when 40 black and 40 white Princeton undergraduates volunteered to play mini-golf, the psychologists dissembled a bit. This is a test of "natural ability," Jeff Stone and his colleagues informed some of the kids. This is a test of "the ...

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