Explain what stereotype threat is, and how it affects performance
What will be an ideal response?
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.
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a. should never be used as a basis for education about death and grief with children younger than eight years old b. can provide "teachable moments" for a discussion with children about death and grief c. should not be used as a form of formal education in a classroom with children younger than twelve years old d. should only be discussed with children by their parents e. are too traumatic to serve as subjects in the formal education of children
The phenomenon whereby we are more likely to believe something we've heard many times is known as the
A) availability heuristic. B) recognition heuristic. C) rule of thumb. D) bandwagon fallacy.
The ____ method is based on cyclic changes of cervical mucus
A) ?mucus B) ?calendar C) ?basal body temperature D) ?rhythm
Affectively based attitudes tend to stem from any of the following sources except
a. rational appraisal of costs and benefits.
b. personal values.
c. sensory experiences.
d. conditioning.