Negative Stereotypes Shown to Affect Learning, Not Just Performance

 

Negative Stereotypes Shown to Affect Learning, Not Just Performance
Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:57:00 -0500

While the effect of negative performance stereotypes on test-taking and in other domains is well documented, a study by Indiana University (IU) social psychologist Robert J. Rydell and his colleagues in IU's department of psychological and brain sciences is the first to show that the effects might also be seen further upstream than once thought, when the skills are learned, and not just performed.

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