CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Stereotype Threat. A self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype. Standardization. Defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group.

Detailed explanation-2: -A stereotype threat is a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stereotype threat is defined as a “socially premised psychological threat that arises when one is in a situation or doing something for which a negative stereotype about one’s group applies” (Steele & Aronson, 1995).

Detailed explanation-4: -Stereotype threat is the fear or anxiety of confirming a negative stereotype about one’s social group (e.g., women are bad at math). Members of stereotyped groups (e.g., women, racial minorities) can experience stereotype threat in evaluative situations, which often leads to underperformance (Steele and Aronson, 1995).

Detailed explanation-5: -For example, when female students are given a math exam and told that the exam is diagnostic of their own intellectual abilities, negative stereotypes of women as less capable mathematicians can actually negatively impact their performance on the exam.