![]() “It’s like multitasking.… It takes a toll.” ![]() “When the test is very difficult, that’s when the stereotype interferes with one’s thinking and processing that is needed to do well in the task, and performance goes down,” he said. ![]() Steele mentioned an experiment in which female students did worse than male students on a difficult mathematics test, even though both were equally skilled in mathematics. According to Steele, this is because awareness of stereotypes takes up cognitive resources that can otherwise be devoted to performing the task at hand. In Steele’s speech, he summarized years of research that he has conducted on the “stereotype threat,” which occurs when individuals underperform in tasks for which negative stereotypes about aspects of their identities-be it race, age, gender, or nationality-exist. ![]() Claude Steele, author of 'Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do,' speaks at the Graduate School of Education Wednesday. ![]()
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