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What is Stereotype Threat

Chapter 72
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
The anxiety that underrepresented group members experience about confirming or reinforcing a negative stereotype about their group; it leads to impaired performance.
Published in Chapter:
Building Inclusive IS&T Work Climates for Women and Men
Valerie N. Streets (Old Dominion University, USA), Debra A. Major (Old Dominion University, USA), and Valerie J. Morganson (University of West Florida, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch072
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Chapter 7
A Safer Place for Women: Online Education
Concern that you will confirm other people’s negative views about the ability of your group, which may affect your performance accordingly.
Published in Chapter: A Safer Place for Women: Online Education; From: Socioeconomics, Diversity, and the Politics of Online Education
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Chapter 4
Underrepresentation of Women in High Tech: Attraction-Selection-Attrition Theory
The perception by an individual that they are being subjected to or potentially subjected to prejudicial behavior because they are a member of a protective class.
Published in Chapter: Underrepresentation of Women in High Tech: Attraction-Selection-Attrition Theory; From: Global Perspectives on Maintaining Gender, Age, and Religious Diversity in the Workplace
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Chapter 2
Overcoming Implicit Bias in Collaborative Online Learning Communities
The belief that an individual is at risk of confirming a negative stereotype, resulting in underperformance based on this concern.
Published in Chapter: Overcoming Implicit Bias in Collaborative Online Learning Communities; From: Enriching Collaboration and Communication in Online Learning Communities
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Chapter 10
Disrupting Their Histories: Preservice Teachers' Mathematics Autobiographies as Catalysts for Change
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Chapter 6
Sustaining Our Diminishing Teachers of Color in Urban and Suburban Schools: A Crisis of an Othered Identity
The perceived self-fulling prophecy of imminent failure that people of color, particularly African American men and women, endure as a result of a history of systemic oppression and discriminatory practices that have successfully excluded them and impeded upward mobility and career advancement.
Published in Chapter: Sustaining Our Diminishing Teachers of Color in Urban and Suburban Schools: A Crisis of an Othered Identity; From: African American Suburbanization and the Consequential Loss of Identity
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Chapter 7
Teaching While Black, Oh and a Woman
The perceived opportunity for a person to confirm a negative stereotype about a group to which the person belongs.
Published in Chapter: Teaching While Black, Oh and a Woman; From: Black Women Navigating Historically White Higher Education Institutions and the Journey Toward Liberation
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Chapter 11
Supporting Girls' Computational Thinking Skillsets: Why Early Exposure Is Critical to Success
A socially premised psychological threat that arises when one is in a situation for which a negative stereotype about one's group applies.
Published in Chapter: Supporting Girls' Computational Thinking Skillsets: Why Early Exposure Is Critical to Success; From: Teaching Computational Thinking and Coding to Young Children
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Chapter 12
Using Student-Centered Engagement in the Classroom to Develop Cultural Intelligence
Refers to an individual being at risk of confirming a stereotype about one’s social group.
Published in Chapter: Using Student-Centered Engagement in the Classroom to Develop Cultural Intelligence; From: Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
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Chapter 295
How Exclusive Work Climates Create Barriers for Women in IS&T
When a negatively stereotyped group’s performance is hindered due to concern of confirming that stereotype.
Published in Chapter: How Exclusive Work Climates Create Barriers for Women in IS&T; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 55
Culturally Responsive Games and Simulations
A perception held in common by members of a group that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment.
Published in Chapter: Culturally Responsive Games and Simulations; From: Handbook of Research on Effective Electronic Gaming in Education
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Chapter 9
Understanding Backwards: Counseling Approaches for Advising Pre-Health Students
Anxiety that one’s performance will confirm negative stereotypes about one’s racial, ethnic, or cultural group.
Published in Chapter: Understanding Backwards: Counseling Approaches for Advising Pre-Health Students; From: Handbook of Research on Developing Competencies for Pre-Health Professional Students, Advisors, and Programs
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Chapter 12
Academic Support for ELL and Immigrant Adolescents: Connecting Home, School, and Communities
When people become aware of a negative stereotype that relates to a group they are a member of, the negative perception can actually impede their performance, causing them to achieve less than they would normally have achieved.
Published in Chapter: Academic Support for ELL and Immigrant Adolescents: Connecting Home, School, and Communities; From: Bridging Family-Teacher Relationships for ELL and Immigrant Students
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Chapter 11
Navigating Inequitable (Mis)Treatment and Racist Harassment in Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Self-Decentered Autoethnographic Case
A situation in which an individual is made aware of a derogatory stereotype about themselves that may affect their performance (such as in an academic context).
Published in Chapter: Navigating Inequitable (Mis)Treatment and Racist Harassment in Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Self-Decentered Autoethnographic Case; From: Handbook of Research on Revisioning and Reconstructing Higher Education After Global Crises
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Chapter 3
The Fallacy of Higher Education as the Great Social Equalizer: Racial Identity, Implicit Bias, and Achievement
The threat to someone’s ability to execute a task based on their awareness of a stereotype that exists for their group and the fear of conforming to that stereotype.
Published in Chapter: The Fallacy of Higher Education as the Great Social Equalizer: Racial Identity, Implicit Bias, and Achievement; From: Handbook of Research on Social Justice and Equity in Education
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Chapter 299
An Inclusive IS&T Work Climate
The fear that an underrepresented group member experiences about confirming or reinforcing a negative stereotype about their group; it leads to impaired performance.
Published in Chapter: An Inclusive IS&T Work Climate; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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