GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE
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Question
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When women are told that they will likely outperform men on a test of abstract math skills, they are more confident and do outperform the men.
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Black children score higher on a test administered by black teachers than by white teachers.
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People taking a civil aptitude test are not familiar with the vocabulary words on the test, and therefore score poorly.
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Asian Americans feeling pressure to perform well on an achievement test score better than their white peers, who do not feel as much pressure.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -In a classic stereotype threat scenario, this fear creates such a high level of stress and anxiety that a student’s cognitive function may be impaired while taking the test and the student may perform below his or her actual ability.
Detailed explanation-4: -: to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same. It’s not fair to stereotype a whole group of people based on one person you don’t like.