BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
PREDICTING INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
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Stereotype threat
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Judgemental error
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Explicit bias
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Underconfidence effect
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Detailed explanation-1: -Traditional math-gender stereotypes suggest that boys/men are more likely to enjoy and succeed in mathematics while girls/women are more likely to enjoy and succeed at language arts subjects.
Detailed explanation-2: -People often classify themselves as belonging to groups such as a student group. This is an example of the stereotype threat.
Detailed explanation-3: -Stereotype threat is a situational predicament in which people are or feel themselves to be at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group. It is theorized to be a contributing factor to long-standing racial and gender gaps in academic performance.
Detailed explanation-4: -vii Page 10 Abstract Stereotype threat is a phenomenon that emerges when a negative task-relevant stereotype is activated; subsequently, participants may show poorer performance regardless of actual ability. One such stereotype dictates that men are better than women at math.