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| − | '''Stereotype threat''' is "fear that one's behavior will confirm an existing stereotype of a group with which one identifies" (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype_threat Wikipedia]). |
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| + | '''Stereotype threat''' is a situation in which, when someone is '''aware of their minority status''' and '''reminded of stereotypes''' about one's minority group, one tends to underperform in the skill in question. |
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| − | As confirmed in the comic http://xkcd.com/385/ |
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| + | Stereotype threat is psychological jargon: that is, it is a series of findings in the psychological literature about how precisely how skill level drops when people are reminded of various stereotypes about their group. As [[Wikipedia:Stereotype threat|Wikipedia]] says "Although decreased performance is the most recognized consequence of stereotype threat, studies have shown that it can also lead individuals to blame themselves for perceived failures, self-handicap, discount the value and validity of tests and other performance tasks, and disengage from situations and environments that are perceived as threatening." |
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| − | As Abi Sutherland [http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011418.html puts it], ''"I feel like the fact that I’m not a ninja coder, the Kung Fu Panda of C#, reflects badly on my half of humanity. I’m letting the side down. (Ironically, this makes me suck more, because I find it difficult to ask questions or admit when I’m stuck.)"'' |
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| + | ==See also== |
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| + | *[[Letting the side down]], about conscious fears and decisions about not trying new skills or exhibiting them in public when they might reflect badly on all women. |
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Latest revision as of 09:40, 24 January 2016
Stereotype threat is a situation in which, when someone is aware of their minority status and reminded of stereotypes about one's minority group, one tends to underperform in the skill in question.
Stereotype threat is psychological jargon: that is, it is a series of findings in the psychological literature about how precisely how skill level drops when people are reminded of various stereotypes about their group. As Wikipedia says "Although decreased performance is the most recognized consequence of stereotype threat, studies have shown that it can also lead individuals to blame themselves for perceived failures, self-handicap, discount the value and validity of tests and other performance tasks, and disengage from situations and environments that are perceived as threatening."
See also
- Letting the side down, about conscious fears and decisions about not trying new skills or exhibiting them in public when they might reflect badly on all women.